Species:

Striaria attenuata (Greville) Greville

Stripesveig in Norwegian Bokmål

Classification

The species Striaria attenuata belongs to:

Division:
Ochrophyta (Brown algae, Brown seaweeds)
Class:
Phaeophyceae
Order:
Ectocarpales
Family:
Chordariaceae
Genus:
Striaria

Photos

Photos of Striaria attenuata (1):

1 of 1: Thallus

Photo of Striaria attenuata
A specimen about 30 cm long Photo: © Kjersti Sjøtun Terms of use
Species
Striaria attenuata
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Sampling location
Haukanes, Varaldsøy, Hardangerfjord, Hordaland
Sampling date
2009-06-27
Published
2022-02-23
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  • Habit

Note: The species occurs during early summer in the sublittoral and can grow to 50 cm tall. Thallus is hollow with irregular or opposite branching, with tips of branches ending in a hair. Cortex cells are small and angular. When fertile it has unilocular sporangia often arranged in characteristic stripes across axes. Unicellular paraphyses and hairs occur among the sporangia.