Phaeophyceae |
Ectocarpales |
Adenocystaceae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile. Polar
Southern Ocean: sub-Antarctic islands.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26875)
Thallus sac-like, clavate, often filled with water, much attenuated below as a slender, usually simple stipe of about 1 cm long. Tends to form colonies. Thalli arises from a common basal crust (Ref. 26875).
Found in the intertidal and upper infra-littoral zones (Ref. 26875).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Only plurilocular sporocysts have been observed in the wild. Develops from surface cells which after growing into cylindrical filaments, divide once or twice longitudinally and 5 to 7 times transversely. Paraphyses are wanting. Unilocular sporocysts have not been found, thus, a complete life cycle is unknown (Ref. 26875).
Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry. 2009. (Ref. 80701)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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