Species:

Gelidium pusillum (Stackhouse) Le Jolis

Smal agaralge in Norwegian

Classification

The species Gelidium pusillum belongs to:

Division:
Rhodophyta (Red algae, Red seaweeds)
Class:
Florideophyceae
Order:
Gelidiales
Family:
Gelidiaceae
Genus:
Gelidium

Photos

Photos of Gelidium pusillum (1):

1 of 1: Habit

Photo of Gelidium pusillum
A thallus around 2 cm in size Photo: © Kjersti Sjøtun Terms of use
Species
Gelidium pusillum
Verified by
Sequencing of rbcL
Sampling location
Sound between Skoravågen and Skåravågbotnen, Tjongspollen, Bømlo, Hordaland
Sampling date
2014-10-08
Published
2020-07-06
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  • Thallus
  • Habit

Note: This is a very rare species in Norway. The specimen was part of a population growing intermixed with Catenella caespitosa in the intertidal of a narrow small sound. The species is small and turf-forming, with rounded or oval axes from which flat and narrow blades grow. Side branches emerge irregularly more or less in one plane, set with a wide angle to the axis.

Closest relatives

Other species in the same genus (Gelidium):

  • Gelidium spinosum (S. G. Gmelin) P. C. Silva  (4)
    • Brei agaralge in Norwegian Nynorsk
    • Bred agaralge in Norwegian Bokmål