Hydroclathrus clathratus   (C. Agardh) Howe

Hydroclathrus

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Phaeophyceae | Ectocarpales | Chordariaceae

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

Sessile; depth range 0 - 26 m (Ref. 102128).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic Ocean: from Texas, USA to Saõ Paulo, Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean, east to the Mediterranean Sea and south to Angola, including Azores, Madeira, Salvage, Canary and Cape Verde Island; Indian Ocean: from the Arabian Sea, including Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, south to South Africa including Aldabra Islands, Seychelles, Madagascar, Rodrigues Island and Réunion, east to Sri Lanka; in the Bay of Bengal from Bangladesh to South Australia, including Laccadive Islands, Maldives, Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands and Diego Garcia Atoll; Pacific Ocean: from Japan to the South China Sea south to New Zealand, including Tasmania, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Fiji and Lord Howe Island, east to California, USA, including French Polynesia, Hawaiian Islands, Samoan Archipelago; south in Mexico and Chile, including Easter Island. Tropical to subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Thalli light brown or yellowish brown, characteristically net-like due to numerous perforations which range from 0.5 to 12.0mmin diameter; in between the holes, the fleshy strands have enrolled margins and vary from 0.5 to 2.5 mm in thickness. Thalli form extensive mats (Ref. 80758).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Used for human consumption: mixed with other vegetables in salads; contains iodine, mannitol, protein, vitamins, folic and folinic acids; also used for animal feed and fertilizer; has growth regulator substances similar to auxin, gibberellin, and cytokinin; contains alginic acid. A highly seasonal species, abundant only during the summer months. In protected coves, abundant during spring and summer months (Ref. 80758).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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

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

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless (Ref. 80758)

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | AlgaeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 17.6 - 29.2, mean 27.4 (based on 6834 cells).

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