Cladostephus hirsutus

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| taxon = Cladostephus hirsutus

| authority = L. Boudouresque & M.Perret-Boudouresque ex Heesch et al. 2020

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’’Fucus hirsutus’’Linnaeus 1767
’’Conferva verticillata’ Lightfoot 1777
’’Conferva myriophyllum’’Roth 1801
’’Cladostephus verticillatus’’(Lightfoot) Lyngbye 1819
’’Cladostephus myriophyllum’’Bory 1823
’’Cladostephus spongiosus f. verticillatus’’(Lightfoot) Prud’homme 1972

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Cladostephus hirsutus is a marine brown alga.

Description

This is a medium-size brown alga growing to about 20 cm length. Its fronds are covered with distinct whorls of secondary branches, giving the species a hairy appearance, the source of its specific epithet “hirsutus”.

Habitat

This alga occurs in the lower intertidal, tidepools and upper subtidal of rocky shores.

Distribution

This species has been recorded world-wide in temperate regions, e.g. from the Mediterranean Sea, the European Atlantic coasts (including the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Spain, and Portugal), the Atlantic shores of the United States, the Pacific shores of Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand.

References

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{{cite web |title=Cladostephus hirsutus (Linnaeus) Boudouresque & M.Perret-Boudouresque :: Algaebase |url=http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=13932 |website=www.algaebase.org |access-date=14 October 2021}}

Bunker, F.StP.D., Brodie, J.A., Maggs, C.A. and Bunker, A.R.2017. Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. Second Edition. Wild Nature Press, Plymouth, UK.{{ISBN|978-0-9955673-3-7}}

Heesch, S., Rindi, F., Guiry, M.D. & Nelson, W.A. (2020). Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic reassessment of the genus Cladostephus (Sphacelariales, Phaeophyceae). European Journal of Phycology 55(4): [1–18] 426–443.|doi=10.1080/09670262.2020.1740947

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Category:Brown algae

Category:Seaweeds