Prasiola crispa

Prasiola crispa is a small green marine or terrestrial seaweed.

Prasiola crispa
Prasiola crispa found in central Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
Scientific classification
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Prasiolales
Family: Prasiolaceae
Genus: Prasiola
Species:
P. crispa
Binomial name
Prasiola crispa
(Lightfoot) Kützing 1843
Synonyms[1]

Taxonomy

The species, first described as Ulva crispa Lightfoot, is the type of the genus Prasiola .[1] A lectotype was nominated for the species, the type location of which was provided in accompanying notation as walls that faced north and were favoured as urinals.[1]

The specific epithet is said to translate as "crisped", a reference to the irregular convolutions of the species.[1]

Description

This is a small green alga growing to about 6 cm long. The frond is round in shape, flattened. Generally one cell thick, the cells arranged in rows or in groups of four.[2][3]

Reproduction

Reproduction is by akinetes and aplanospores.[2]

Distribution

Recorded from the British Isles including the Isle of Man, Mediterranean, New Zealand, Japan and the Atlantic shores of North America.[2]

References
  1. "Prasiola crispa (Lightfoot) Kützing :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. Burrows. E.M.1991. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 2 Chlorophyta. Natural History Museum Publications ISBN 0-565-00981-8
  3. Bunker, F.StP.D., Brodie, J.A., Maggs, C.A. and Bunker, A.R.2017. Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. Second Edition. Wild Nature Press, Plymouth, UK.ISBN 978-0-9955673-3-7
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