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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 20 m (Ref. 80758). Tropical
Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
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)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Categoria CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Ameaça para o homem
Utilização humana
Pescarias: espécies comerciais
FAO - pescarias: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Ferramentas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 18.1 - 28.9, mean 26.9 (based on 4020 cells).