Species:

Catenella caespitosa(Withering) L. M. Irvine

Fjørekryp in Norwegian Nynorsk
Fjærekryp in Norwegian Bokmål

Classification

The species Catenella caespitosa belongs to:

Photos

Photos of Catenella caespitosa (2):

  • Photo of Catenella caespitosa
  • Photo of Catenella caespitosa

1 of 2: Habit

Photo of Catenella caespitosa
Part of thallus Photo: © Kjersti SjøtunTerms of use

Note: Thallus is normally up to 2 cm long, partly hollow but strongly constricted with irregular intervals. Upright shoots, irregularly branched, grow from a prostrate system. It grows in the high intertidal, in sheltered places shaded from the sun.

2 of 2: The species growing on a stone, showing the turf forming habit

Photo of Catenella caespitosa
Photo: © Kjersti SjøtunTerms of use