Hypnea valentiae

Hypnea valentiae   (Turner) Montagne


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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Florideophyceae | Gigartinales | Hypneaceae

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

Sessile; depth range 0 - 33 m (Ref. 102653).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic Ocean: from North Carolina, USA, to the Caribbean, south to Brazil, east to Herault, France, including Bermuda, Salvage Islands and the Mediterranean; in the Canary Islands, south to São Tomé and Príncipe, including Cape Verde Islands. Indian Ocean: from the Arabian Sea south to Madagascar, including the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Oman Sea, Aldabra Islands, Seychelles, Reunion and Mauritius, east to India and south to the Andaman Sea; in Australia, from Western Australia to Victoria. Pacific Ocean: in the Philippines, Viet Nam, Federated States of Micronesia and Fiji, east to California including the Hawaiian Islands, and south to Peru.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in sheltered localities but usually where there is current flow, e.g. on the sides of channels (Ref. 82232).

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

In India, H. valentiae showed seasonal peaks of tetrasporophytes in winter months and cystocrpic plants in summer months, while male plants where always rare (Ref. 82232).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 17.8 - 29.1, mean 27.5 (based on 5807 cells).

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