Prasiola stipitata

Prasiola stipitata
Scientific classification
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Prasiolales
Family: Prasiolaceae
Genus: Prasiola
Species:
P. stipitata
Binomial name
Prasiola stipitata
Suhr ex Jessen

Prasiola stipitata is a small green alga.

Description

This alga grows to no more than 1 centimeter long, is fan shaped with a distinct stipe. The vegetative frond is monostromatic. The cells in the blade are arranged in packets of 4 or more. In colour the fronds are dark green.[1][2]

Habitat

Often found on shores frequented by sea birds on the upper shore in the lichen zone.[3][4]

Distribution

Rather erratic in its distribution.[5] To be found around the coast of Great Britain and Ireland. Recorded in Iceland the Faroes and on the Atlantic coast of North America.[2]

Reproduction

Sexual and asexual plants have been recorded.[2]

References
  1. Bunker, F.StP.D., Maggs, C.A., Brodie, J.A., Bunker, A.R. 2017. Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. Second Edition, Wild Nature Press, PlymouthISBN 978-0-9955673-3-7
  2. Burrows, E.M. 1991. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 2 Chlorophyta. Natural History Museum, London ISBN 0-565-00981-8
  3. Lewis, J.R. 1964. The Ecology of Rocky Shores. The English Universities Press Ltd
  4. Morton, O. 1994 Marine Algae of Northern Ireland. Ulster Museum, Belfast ISBN 0-900761-28-8
  5. Morton, O. 2003. The marine macroalgae of County Donegal, Ireland. Bulletin of Irish biogeographical Society. No, 27 p 95


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