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Odonthalia dentata (Linnaeus) Lyngybe, 1819 
AphiaID: 144839

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Biliphyta (Subkingdom) > Rhodophyta (Division) > Rhodophytina (Subdivision) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Rhodymeniophycidae (Subclass) > Ceramiales (Order) > Rhodomelaceae (Family) > Odonthalia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Species
Parent Odonthalia Lyngbye, 1819
Sources  basis of record: Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p. [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To AlgaeBase
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Scotian Shelf to the Strait of Belle Isle, and extending northward [details]

Morphology: Red colour results from the dominance of the pigments phycoerythrin and phycocyanin; this masks the other pigments, chlorophyll a (no chlorophyll b), beta-caratene and a number of unique xanthophylls. [details]
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Odonthalia dentata
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Odonthalia dentata
Odonthalia dentata
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  Citation: Guiry, M.D. (2009). Odonthalia dentata (Linnaeus) Lyngybe, 1819. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144839 on 2010-07-30
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