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Scientific Name: Padina tetrastromatica Hauck, 1887
English Name: Not Known
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Photo: AlgaeBase
Classification:
Kingdom: Chromista
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Dictyotales
Family: Dictyotaceae
Description:
The plants grow to a height of 15-20 cm and are flat, thin, and four cells thick. They feel soft and slightly leathery to the touch. Blades split into many flabellate segments. This seaweed has a slightly dark brown tint. Thallus used a strong holdfast to adhere to the substratum. The thallus divides longitudinally into a number of tiny lobes known as fronds. On the thallus’ blades, dark markings that resemble concentric zones are easily discernible.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
St. Martins Island (Ahmed et al. 2009)
Environment:
Marine
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
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