Portieria hornemannii, Clawed sea moss

Portieria hornemannii   (Lyngbye) P.C. Silva

Clawed sea moss

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Florideophyceae | Gigartinales | Rhizophyllidaceae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range Οικολογία

.  Tropical

Distribution Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Indian Ocean: from the Arabian Sea, including Gulf of Aden, south to South Africa, including Seychelles, Comoros, Réunion and Madagascar, east to India including Laccadive Islands, and south to Western Australia including Nicobar Islands; Pacific Ocean: from China to the South China Sea south to New South Wales, Australia including Federated States of Micronesia, Lord Howe Islands and Fiji, east to the Hawaiian Islands.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age

Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Μορφολογία

Thalli small, bright orange to red and composed of erect, overlapping fronds that arise from a small discoid holdfast. Branching in 1 plane, irregularly pinnate-alternate, forming rounded axils. Diameter of the primary branches not exceeding 7 mm. Tips of the terminal branches at the distal portion of the thallus slightly expanded with enrolled tips. Basal lateral branchlets provided with simple acute teeth. Thalli about 5.5 cm in height (Re. 80758).

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Source of carrageenan (Ref. 80758) Attached to rocks or dead corals in upper to lower subtidal areas exposed to moderate to strong water movement (Ref. 80758).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | Larvae

Main reference Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2009 AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 April 2009. (Αναφ. 80701)

IUCN Red List Status (Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Αναφ. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Εργαλεία

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες

Τροφική Οικολογία
Food items (preys)
Σύσταση δίαιτας
Κατανάλωση τροφής
Θηρευτές
Οικολογία
Population dynamics
Αύξηση
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Αφθονία
Life cycle
Αναπαραγωγή
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση
Γονιμότητα
Γεννοβολία
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Distribution
Physiology
Κατανάλωση οξυγόνου

Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | AlgaeBase | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 21.2 - 29.2, mean 28 (based on 3208 cells).