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Cladophora rupestris (Linnaeus) Kützing, 1843 
AphiaID: 145064

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Chlorophyta (Division) > Ulvophyceae (Class) > Cladophorales (Order) > Cladophoraceae (Family) > Cladophora (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Cladophora Kützing, 1843
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: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [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: South, G. R. and I. Tittley. 1986. A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick. 76 p. [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

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

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch donkergroen rotswier  [details]
Dutch rotswier  [details]
Dutch takwier  [details]
English rock-weed  [details]
French cladophore  [details]
French cladophore des rochers  [details]
German felsen-Zweigfadenalge  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Oostduinkerke [details]
Wadden Sea [details]
Wimereux [details]
Zeeland [details]
Links To AlgaeBase
BIOTIC
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: photosynthetic [details]

Distribution: Long Island Sound to Strait of Belle Isle [details]

Morphology: Green colour from Chlorophyll a and b. [details]

Reproduction: general for group: asexual reproduction may be by fission (splitting), fragmentation or by zoospores (motile spores). Sexual reproduction may be isogamous (gametes both motile and same size); anisogamous (both motile and different sizes-female bigger) or oogamous (female non-motile and egglike; male motile) [details]
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Guiry, M.D.
2008-12-09 10:03:16Z  changed  Guiry, M.D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, M.D. (2009). Cladophora rupestris (Linnaeus) Kützing, 1843. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2009). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145064 on 2010-07-30
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