Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
पारिस्थितिकी
; गहराई सीमा 0 - 20 m (Ref. 80758). Tropical
Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.
Length at first maturity / आकार / वज़न / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Thalli erect, dull brownish red. Branches densely clothed with hair-like determinate branchlets, especially at the upper half portion of the thallus. Branching of the main axis basically dichotomous but may become irregular due to the production of adventitious laterals. Determinate branchlets uncorticated and consisting of a distinct axial cell surrounded by nine pericentral cells. Thalli up to 9 cm in height (Ref. 80758).
Utilized for medicinal purposes: as anthelmintic, vermifuge and laxative; source of agar, kainic and a-allokainic acids, kainic acid is a vermifuge or anthelmintic against the parasitic round worm (Ascaris), the whip worm (Trichuris), and tapeworm (Taenia) (Ref. 80758). Abundant and commonly grows in the intertidal belt, down to depths of 20 m (Ref. 80758), on coral fragments, rocks or other hard substrates (Ref. 83908). Also grows in calm bays and in open lagoons (Ref. 80758).
Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry. 2009. (Ref. 80701)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
मात्स्यिकी: व्यापारिक
FAO - मात्स्यिकी: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us
साधन
अधिक जानकारी
आम नामउपशब्दपरभक्षीपुनरुत्पत्तिपरिपक्व अवधिमछलीऔ का अंडे देनाFecundityअंडेEgg development
इंटरनेट स्रोत
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 18.1 - 28.9, mean 26.9 (based on 4020 cells).
