Species:

Desmarestia ligulata (Stackhouse) Lamouroux

Flatt kjerringhår in Norwegian Bokmål

Classification

The species Desmarestia ligulata belongs to:

Division:: Ochrophyta (Brown algae, Brown seaweeds)
Class:: Phaeophyceae
Order:: Desmarestiales
Family:: Desmarestiaceae
Genus:: Desmarestia

Photos

Photos of Desmarestia ligulata (3):

1 of 3: Side branches

Photo of Desmarestia ligulata — Close-up of side branches Photo: © Kjersti Sjøtun Terms of use

Species: Desmarestia ligulata
Sampling location: Øygarden, Hordaland
Sampling date: 2007-08-11
Published: 2007-08-30
Photo is showing (categorized)
: Branching pattern

2 of 3: Cross section

Species: Desmarestia ligulata
Verified by: Bergen Seaweed Group
Sampling location: Øygarden, Hordaland
Sampling date: 2007-08-11
Published: 2007-08-30
Photo is showing (categorized)
: Cortical cells
Cross section

3 of 3: Thallus

Species: Desmarestia ligulata
Verified by: Bergen Seaweed Group
Sampling location: Øygarden, Hordaland
Sampling date: 2007-08-11
Published: 2007-08-30

Note: Thallus up 1 m long and opposite branched, with flattened main axis and branches. The species grows in the subtidal, often at relatively wave-exposed sites. In Norway the species is recorded on the southwest coast, but it is normally not common.

Closest relatives

Other species in the same genus (Desmarestia):

Desmarestia aculeata (L.) Lamouroux (2)
Vanleg kjerringhår in Norwegian Nynorsk
Vanlig kjerringhår in Norwegian Bokmål
Landlady's wig in English
Desmarestia viridis (Müller) Lamouroux (2)
Mykt kjerringhår in Norwegian Bokmål