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Osmundea spectabilis Sea Fern

Osmundea spectabilis is commonly referred to as Sea Fern. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Osmundea spectabilis, Red Sea Fern.Above water at minus tide, mid to low intertidal,Estero Bluffs State Park,San Luis Obispo Co., California 2020


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lexID:
13943 
AphiaID:
372624 
Scientific:
Osmundea spectabilis 
German:
Meeres-Farn 
English:
Sea Fern 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Plantae (Kingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Ceramiales (Order) > Rhodomelaceae (Family) > Osmundea (Genus) > spectabilis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Postels & Ruprecht) K.W.Nam, 1994 
Occurrence:
Alaska (Western Atlantic), Canada Eastern Pacific, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean, Turkey, USA 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
1.97" - 11.81" (5cm - 30cm) 
Food:
Photosynthesis 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-06-11 19:41:17 

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Osmundea spectabilis (Postels & Ruprecht) K.W.Nam, 1994

Colour dark purple / dark red, can sometimes be iridiscent.

Synonymised names:
Laurencia pinnatifida var. spectabilis (Postels & Ruprecht) Farlow, Anderson & Eaton, 1878 (synonym)
Laurencia spectabilis Postels & Ruprecht, 1840

Direct children (1):
Variety Osmundea spectabilis var. diegoensis (E.Y.Dawson) K.W.Nam

External links

  1. algaebase.org (en). Abgerufen am 11.06.2021.
  2. Biodiversity of The Central Coast (en). Abgerufen am 11.06.2021.

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Osmundea spectabilis, Red Sea Fern.Above water at minus tide, mid to low intertidal,Estero Bluffs State Park,San Luis Obispo Co., California 2020
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Osmundea spectabilis, Red Sea Fern.Here shown adrift in a tidepool,Cayucos, California 2018

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