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Furcellaria lumbricalis (Hudson) J.V. Lamouroux, 1813 
AphiaID: 145620

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Biliphyta (Subkingdom) > Rhodophyta (Division) > Rhodophytina (Subdivision) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Rhodymeniophycidae (Subclass) > Gigartinales (Order) > Furcellariaceae (Family) > Furcellaria (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Furcellaria J.V. Lamouroux, 1813
Parent Furcellaria J.V. Lamouroux, 1813
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: 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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English red seaweed  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Cap Gris Nez [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
North East Baltic Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Pointe du Riden [details]
Wimereux [details]
Links To AlgaeBase
BIOTIC
To GenBank
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Notes  Distribution: Scotian shelf, Northumberland Strait, the Gulf of St. Lawrence 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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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Guiry, M.D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, M.D. (2009). Furcellaria lumbricalis (Hudson) J.V. Lamouroux, 1813. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145620 on 2010-07-30
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