Ulothrix flacca
Appearance
Ulothrix flacca | |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Ulvophyceae |
Order: | Ulotrichales |
Family: | Ulotrichaceae |
Genus: | Ulothrix |
Species: | U. flacca
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Binomial name | |
Ulothrix flacca |
Ulothrix flacca is a small filamentous marine algae.
Description
This species grows as small tufts of green unbranched filaments growing to no more than 10 cm long forming woolly masses. Cells 14.4 - 32.6
Distribution
Common all around the British Isles. Recorded from Scandinavia south to Portugal, in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Also all around the world into the Pacific.[2]
Habitat
It is found on rocks, stones and epiphytically on other algae.[2]