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Prasiola stipitata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Prasiolales
Family: Prasiolaceae
Genus: Prasiola
Species:
P. stipitata
Binomial name
Prasiola stipitata
Suhr ex Jessen

Prasiola stipitata is a small green alga.

Description

This alga grows to no more than 1 centimeter long, is fan shaped with a distinct stipe. The vegetative frond is monostromatic. The cells in the blade are arranged in packets of 4 or more. In colour the fronds are dark green.[1][2]

Habitat

P. stipitata thrives in high-nutrient habitats and is therefore often found in the spray water zone of shores frequented by sea birds.[3][4]

Distribution

Rather erratic in its distribution.[5] Recorded mostly from cold-temperate regions on both hemispheres, e.g. Iceland, the Faroes, Atlantic coasts of North America and Europe, including Great Britain and Ireland, as well as from Australia and New Zealand.[2][6]

Reproduction

Sexual and asexual plants have been recorded.[2]

References

  1. ^ Bunker, F.StP.D., Maggs, C.A., Brodie, J.A., Bunker, A.R. 2017. Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. Second Edition, Wild Nature Press, PlymouthISBN 978-0-9955673-3-7
  2. ^ a b c Burrows, E.M. 1991. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 2 Chlorophyta. Natural History Museum, London ISBN 0-565-00981-8
  3. ^ Lewis, J.R. 1964. The Ecology of Rocky Shores. The English Universities Press Ltd
  4. ^ Morton, O. 1994 Marine Algae of Northern Ireland. Ulster Museum, Belfast ISBN 0-900761-28-8
  5. ^ Morton, O. 2003. The marine macroalgae of County Donegal, Ireland. Bulletin of Irish biogeographical Society. No, 27 p 95
  6. ^ "Prasiola stipitata Suhr ex Jessen :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 31 May 2021.


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