Phymatolithon calcareum Common Maërl

Phymatolithon calcareum is commonly referred to as Common Maërl. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. Bernhard Picton, Großbritannien

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Scientific:: Phymatolithon calcareum
German:: Kalkrotalge
English:: Common Maërl

Category:

Family tree:: Plantae (Kingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Corallinales (Order) > Lithothamniaceae (Family) > Phymatolithon (Genus) > calcareum (Species)
Initial determination:: (Pallas) W.H.Adey & D.L.McKibbin ex Woelkering & L.M.Irvine, 1986

Occurrence:: the Baltic Sea, Arctic (North Polar Sea), East cost of USA, France, Germany, Gulf of Maine, Heligoland, Iceland, Ireland, Kattegat (Baltic Sea), Netherlands, North Atlantic Ocean, North-West-Atlantic, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 1 - 30 Meter
Size:: up to 2.76" (7 cm)
Temperature:: 41 °F - 75.2 °F (5°C - 24°C)
Food:: Dissolved organic substances, Photosynthesis
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-12-31 15:48:05
Last edit:: 2023-01-01 10:57:06

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Phymatolithon calcareum is one of the few algae that have a non-fixed life.
Although in the juvenile stage it forms thin crusts that can be observed on mussel shells, gravel, or rocks, when mature it eventually detaches from its substratum and takes the form of roughly spherical, nipple-shaped, free-living arbuscules that resemble coral rubble.

The unattached plants form marl beds in sheltered areas.

Synonyms:
Apora polymorpha Gunnerus, 1768
Corallium anglicum J.Ellis, 1768
Eleutherospora polymorpha (Linnaeus) Heydrich, 1900
Eleutherospora polymorpha Heydrich, 1900
Lithophyllum calcareum (Pallas) Foslie, 1898
Lithothamnion calcareum (Pallas) Areschoug, 1852
Lithothamnion calcareum f. attenuatum Foslie, 1897
Lithothamnion calcareum f. australe Foslie, 1895
Lithothamnion calcareum f. compressum (M'Calla ex Harvey) Foslie, 1897
Lithothamnion calcareum f. palmatifidum (Foslie) Foslie, 1900
Lithothamnion calcareum f. primiramosum Heydrich, 1911
Lithothamnion calcareum f. pseudoflabelligerum Cabioch, 1966
Lithothamnion calcareum f. pseudosubvalidum Cabioch, 1966
Lithothamnion calcareum f. simpliusculum Cabioch, 1966
Lithothamnion calcareum f. squarrulosum (Foslie) Foslie, 1900
Lithothamnion calcareum f. subsimplex (Batters) Foslie, 1900
Lithothamnion calcareum f. validum Foslie, 1900
Lithothamnion calcareum var. compressum (M'Calla ex Harvey) Me.Lemoine, 1913
Lithothamnion calcareum var. squarrulosum (Foslie) Me.Lemoine, 1913
Lithothamnion corallioides f. australe Foslie, 1895
Lithothamnion corallioides f. subsimplex Batters, 1892
Lithothamnion hamelii Me.Lemoine, 1931
Lithothamnion polymorphum Areschoug, 1852
Lithothamnion squarrulosum Foslie, 1899
Lithothamnion squarrulosum f. australe Foslie, 1899
Lithothamnion squarrulosum f. palmatifidum Foslie, 1899
Lithothamnion squarrulosum f. subsimplex (Batters) Foslie, 1899
Melobesia calcarea (Pallas) Harvey, 1849
Melobesia compressa M'Calla ex Harvey, 1849
Melobesia polymorpha Harvey, 1851
Millepora calcarea Pallas, 1766
Millepora polymorpha Linnaeus, 1767
Nullipora calcareum (Pallas) Lamarck, 1801
Nullipora cervicornis Blainville, 1834
Nullipora fragilis M'Calla, 1849
Nullipora informis (Lamarck) Schweigger, 1819
Nullipora nodulosa Lamarck, 1801
Nullipora polymorpha Nardo, 1834
Paraspora calcarea (Pallas) Heydrich, 1908
Paraspora fruticulosa f. compressa (M'Calla ex Harvey) Heydrich, 1908
Paraspora fruticulosa f. palmatifida (Foslie) Heydrich, 1908
Paraspora fruticulosa f. squarrulosa (Foslie) Heydrich, 1908
Phymatolithon calcareum f. compressum (M'Calla ex Harvey) Benhissoune, Boudouresque, Perret-Boudouresque & Verlaque, 2002
Phymatolithon calcareum f. squarrulosum (Foslie) Benhissoune, Boudouresque, Perret-Boudouresque & Verlaque, 2002
Phymatolithon polymorphum Foslie, 1898
Spongites calcareus (Pallas) Kützing, 1849
Spongites polymorpha Kützing, 1849

External links

AlgaeBase (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2022.
Effects of high CO2 on growth, photosynthesis and respiration of Phymatolithon calcareum (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2022.
Habitas (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2022.
iNaturalist Seite Bernard Picton (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2022.
MarLIN (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2022.
Seasonal Photosynthesis, Respiration, and Calcification of a Temperate Maërl Bed in Southern Portugal (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2022.
WRRL-Klassifizierungssystem WK Helgoland (de). Abgerufen am 31.12.2022.

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