Cladostephus hirsutus is a marine brown alga.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Sphacelariales |
| Family: | Cladostephaceae |
| Genus: | Cladostephus |
| Species: | C. hirsutus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cladostephus hirsutus | |
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Description edit
This is a medium-size brown alga growing to about 20 cm length. Its fronds are covered with distinct whorls of secondary branches, giving the species a hairy appearance, the source of its specific epithet “hirsutus”.[2][3]
Habitat edit
This alga occurs in the lower intertidal, tidepools and upper subtidal of rocky shores.
Distribution edit
This species has been recorded world-wide in temperate regions, e.g. from the Mediterranean Sea, the European Atlantic coasts (including the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Spain, and Portugal), the Atlantic shores of the United States, the Pacific shores of Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand.[1][3]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Cladostephus hirsutus (Linnaeus) Boudouresque & M.Perret-Boudouresque :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Heesch, S., Rindi, F., Guiry, M.D. & Nelson, W.A. (2020). Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic reassessment of the genus Cladostephus (Sphacelariales, Phaeophyceae). European Journal of Phycology 55(4): [1-18] 426-443.|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2020.1740947