Colpomenia sinuosa | |
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Sea bubble (Colpomenia sinuosa), Cabrillo National Monument tidepools, San Diego, California, USA | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Class: | Phaeophyceae |
Order: | Ectocarpales |
Family: | Scytosiphonaceae |
Genus: | Colpomenia |
Species: | C. sinuosa
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Binomial name | |
Colpomenia sinuosa | |
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Colpomenia sinuosa, commonly named the oyster thief or sinuous ballweed, is a brown algae species in the genus Colpomenia. It is the type species of its genus and is widespread in tropical to temperate zones around the world.[4][5]
It is superficially similar to the Colpomenia peregrina species and in older texts, such as Knight and Parke (1931), C. peregrina is referred to as C. sinuosa.
Colpomenia sinuosa contains the C6-C4-C6 phenolic compound colpol.[6]
This species is common in the intertidal and on reef flats, often growing on other algae or rocky substrates.[5] In Hawaiʻi it is found from the mid intertidal to about 20m depth.[5] It can be found in New Zealand in the northeastern coasts of the North Island, the Kermadec Islands, and the Marlborough Sounds.[4]