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Kappaphycus alvarezii   (Doty) Doty ex P.C. Silva

Elkhorn sea moss

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed.
Kappaphycus alvarezii  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names / Names Nama-nama umum | Sinonim (persamaan) | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

.   Tropical

Penyebaran Negara-negara | Daerah-daerah FAO | Ecosystems | Kemunculan | Introduksi

Atlantic Ocean: in the Caribbean (Cuba); Indian Ocean: in Southern Kenya, east to Indonesia; Pacific Ocean: from China to the South China Sea, south to Indonesia, east to Hawaiian Islands including Federated States of Micronesia and Fiji, and south to Tahiti (Ref. 80701); transported to Hawaii, where it was successfully grown, and thence to island groups of the western Pacific, such as, Guam, Micronesia, Christmas Island, Fanning, Tarawa and other atolls of Kiribati, Fiji, Tonga, and French Oceania. It has been transported to Southern China, Indonesia and also to Southern Africa (Ref. 80758).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / umur

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

deskripsi pendek Morfologi

Thalli erect, loosely branched, robust, cartilaginous and range from dark greenish brown to deep purple in colour. Main axes cylindrical throughout, 1.5 to 6 mm in diameter when dried. Lateral ultimate branches arranged secundly to alternately on the axes; they are terete, attenuated to acute or spinose tips varying in length from 1 to 17 mm and 1 to 2 mm in diameter near their bases. Cross-section of a branch shows a medulla composed of small thick-walled cells interspersed among large parenchymatous cells at the centre. Cortical cells very small. Thalli up to 30 cm in height (Ref. 80758).

Biologi     Daftar kata (contoh epibenthic)

Principal raw material in producing kappa-carrageenan and widely used in seaweed farming; used by human as food, blanched in boiling water combined with sliced tomatoes and onions, mixed with a sweet sour dressing made of vinegar, salt and sugar; also used in making jelly-type desserts; a source of minerals (Ca, K, Mg, Na, (Pb, Cd); of high commercial interest internationally as source of carrageenan (Ref. 82232); commercially farmed and forms bulk of the dried "Eucheuma" exported abroad (Ref. 80758).

rujukan utama Acuan | Koordinator | mitra

Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry. 2009. (Ref. 80701)

Status IUCN Red List (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)


status CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

ancaman kepada manusia

  Harmless (Ref. 80758)

penggunaan manusia

Perikanan: komersial; Budidaya air: komersial
FAO - Budidaya air: production; | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Alat, peralatan

informasi lanjut

Negara-negara
Daerah-daerah FAO
Ecosystems
Kemunculan
Introduksi
Stocks
Ekologi
Makanan
Bahan makanan
Nama-nama umum
Sinonim (persamaan)
Pemangsa
Reproduksi, perkembang biakan
Kematangan
Pemijahan
Fecundity
telur-telur
pekembangan telor
Umur / Saiz
Pertumbuhan
panjang-berat
panjang-panjang
Morfologi
Larva
Kelimpahan
Acuan
Mass conversion

Sumber internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(; publication : search) | GenBank (genom, Nukleotida) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | AlgaeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (pergi, Cari) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.7 - 29.3, mean 28.4 (based on 3041 cells).