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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
; diepteverspreiding 0 - 20 m (Ref. 80758). Tropical
Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Leeftijd
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).
Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry. 2009. (Ref. 80701)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Status bij CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Gevaarlijk voor mensen
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: commercieel
FAO - Visserij: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 18.1 - 28.9, mean 26.9 (based on 4020 cells).