Species:

Desmarestia viridis (Müller) Lamouroux

Mykt kjerringhår in Norwegian Bokmål

Classification

The species Desmarestia viridis belongs to:

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

Photos

Photos of Desmarestia viridis (2):

1 of 2: Habit

Photo of Desmarestia viridis — Overview of thallus Photo: © Kjersti Sjøtun Terms of use

Species: Desmarestia viridis
Verified by: Network members
Sampling location: Korsfjorden, Hordaland
Sampling date: 2009-04-21
Published: 2010-03-09
Photo is showing (categorized)
: Thallus
Habit

Note: The species is common in the sublittoral zone in Norway. Main axis and branches are circular in cross section, and branching is always opposite. Thallus may reach a length of up to 50 cm.

2 of 2: Apical tip in young specimen

Species: Desmarestia viridis
Sampling location: Seløy, Korsfjorden, Hordaland
Sampling date: 2019-04-05
Published: 2022-03-28
Photo is showing (categorized)
: Cortical cells
Apical tip

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 ligulata (Stackhouse) Lamouroux (3)
Flatt kjerringhår in Norwegian Bokmål