Florideophyceae |
Ceramiales |
Rhodomelaceae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Epiphytic. Tropical
Western Central Atlantic and the Pacific: Belize, Palau and Micronesia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Pericentral cells: 8 to 10. Dark brown thalli with an extensive creeping system. Trichoblasts formed in radial sequence in erect and prostrate axes, with erect filaments arising cicatrigenously and more or less unilaterally from adaxial scar cells. Oblong spermatangial branches sometimes subtended by trichoblasts, which arise one per segment (Ref. 87158).
Occurs in outer fore reef ridges at depths around 20 m; epiphytic on Dictyota dichotoma (Ref. 87158).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry. 2009. (Ref. 80701)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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