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Scientific Name: Hypnea valentiae (Turner) Montagne, 1841
English Name: Not Known
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Photo: AlgaeBase
Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Gigartinales
Family: Cystocloniaceae
Description:
The plants have a prominent or percussent cylindrical main axis that varies in thickness, and they are upright and loosely branching. Stichidia, or inflated branches, are visible as swelled bands at the center, close to the base, or infrequently near the tips of the last branch ends. Branches are simple and filiform (thread-like), but they can occasionally fork and are clearly oriented at a right angle to the axis. 10–30 cm in height. Thallus is colored a medium to dark reddish-brown.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martins Island (Islam 1976, Silva et al. 1996)
Environment:
Marine
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
Other Information
