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Gymnogongrus griffithsiae
Gymnogongrus griffithsiae is a small uncommon seaweed.
From the article Gymnogongrus griffithsiae on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
This small alga grows to 5 cm long from a small disc. The fronds are erect, stiff and branch dichotomously in 1 plane, the tips a little flattened. In colour it is dark purplish brown. The structure is multiaxial with elongated cells surrounded cortical cells.
Range & habitat
Found in Great Britain and Ireland with a southern range, as far north as Lough Swilly. In the north Atlantic in the Azores in Europe to Massachusetts to Virginia in North America.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
Male spermatangia are unknown. Carpotetasporangial outgrowths, that is sporangia containing four spores, by a carposporophyte outgrowth which develops during the year.
Wikipedia: “Reproduction”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 327083.