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Endocladia muricata Nail Brush Alga , Turfweed

Endocladia muricata is commonly referred to as Nail Brush Alga , Turfweed. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Endocladia muricata, Nail Brush Alga Backlit.Covering rocks in mid-to-upper intertidal zone,Cayucos, California 2018


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lexID:
13982 
AphiaID:
372566 
Scientific:
Endocladia muricata 
German:
Nagelbürsten-Alge 
English:
Nail Brush Alga , Turfweed 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Plantae (Kingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Gigartinales (Order) > Endocladiaceae (Family) > Endocladia (Genus) > muricata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Endlicher) J.Agardh, 1847 
Occurrence:
Alaska (Western Atlantic), Gulf of California, USA 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
1.57" - 3.15" (4cm - 8cm) 
Food:
Photosynthesis 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-07-04 19:42:01 

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Endocladia muricata (Endlicher) J.Agardh, 1847

E. muricata's thallus is 4–8 cm tall, short & bushy; branches cylindrical with sub-dichotomous branching; covered with minute, soft conical spines; blackish-brown to dark red to yellow. Dries to almost black. It is usually not slippery to walk on, dry or wet.

Synonymised names:
Gelidium muricatum Endlicher, 1843 (synonym)
Gigartina muricata Postels & Ruprecht, 1840

Direct children (1):
Forma Endocladia muricata f. compressa Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1903 (uncertain)

External links

  1. algaebase.org (en). Abgerufen am 04.07.2021.
  2. Biodiversity of The Central Coast (en). Abgerufen am 04.07.2021.
  3. EOL (en). Abgerufen am 04.07.2021.
  4. MARINe, Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (en). Abgerufen am 04.07.2021.
  5. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 04.07.2021.

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