Chaetomorpha linum (O.F.Müll.) Kütz.

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Tseng, C.
Chlorophy ce;
Lingnan Sci. Journ. 17:
June 1938.
Studies on the Liar ine
from Hainan, II
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Lin g nan Science Journal
1938
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CLADOPHORACEAE
Chaetomorpha Kuetzing (1815)
Chaetomorpha Linum (Muell.) Kuetz.
Pliyc. germ., p. 204, 1845; Hauek, Meeresalg., p. 439, 1885.
Confei va Linum Muell., 1. c., pi. 771, fig. 2.
From the five species of Chaetomorpha already reported (Tseng
1936a), this one is easily distinguished by its unattached, curled and
crisped filaments with cells about 100-120 n diam. and 1-2 diameters
long.
Habitat: Entangled among other coarser seaweeds, Seven
Stones, Po-ngau Kang, Loh-hwei, in October (Tseng 2263).
China : Amoy (Tseng, 1936a).
Distribution : Widely distributed in warmer seas.
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