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Vertebrata lanosa (Linnaeus) T.A.Christensen, 1967 - Many Tubed Gable Weed
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Many Tubed Gable Weed
Vertebrata lanosa
- on Egg Wrack / good cut-out 1
Vertebrata lanosa
- on Egg Wrack / good cut-out 1
Many Tubed Gable Weed
Vertebrata lanosa
- on Egg Wrack / middleshore 1
Many Tubed Gable Weed
Vertebrata lanosa
- on Egg Wrack / middleshore 2
Many Tubed Gable Weed
Vertebrata lanosa
- branching and tips 1
Many Tubed Gable Weed
Vertebrata lanosa
- branching and tips 2
Many Tubed Gable Weed
Vertebrata lanosa
- branching and tips 3
Many Tubed Gable Weed
Vertebrata lanosa
- thallus 2
Many Tubed Gable Weed
Vertebrata lanosa
- on Egg Wrack / middleshore 3
Many Tubed Gable Weed
Vertebrata lanosa
- on Egg Wrack 1
Many Tubed Gable Weed
Vertebrata lanosa
- on Egg Wrack 2
Many Tubed Gable Weed
Vertebrata lanosa
- on Egg Wrack / close-up
Many Tubed Gable Weed
Vertebrata lanosa
- transverse section stem 1
Many Tubed Gable Weed
Vertebrata lanosa
- with 0.1mm division rule 1
This species mostly lives epiphytically on Knotted or Egg wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum and can usually be found wherever the species occurs. A small mistletoe-like parasitic red algae Choreocolax polysiphoniae should also be looked for on finding and recording Vertebrata lanosa. Galls caused by the nematode Halenchus fucicola should also be looked for on Ascophyllum nodosum.
Vertebrata lanosa can be found listed as Polysiphonia lanosa, but here I follow the WoRMS database and Vertebrata lanosa is currently accepted.
Images of species taken at Spit Point, Par, near St. Austell, 11.08.10; Great Hogus, Marazion, near Penzance, 11.03.09; and at Sennen Cove, near Land's End, Cornwall, 16.10.11.
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