Membranoptera alata Membranoptera alata

Membranoptera alatais commonly referred to as Membranoptera alata. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 6244
AphiaID:: 144758

Scientific:: Membranoptera alata
German:: Flügel-Seeampfer
English:: Membranoptera Alata

Category:: Red algae

Family tree:: Plantae (Kingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Ceramiales (Order) > Delesseriaceae (Family) > Membranoptera (Genus) > alata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Hudson) Stackhouse, 1809

Occurrence:: the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Canada , East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Gulf of Maine, Iceland, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean
Size:: 1.97" - 7.87" (5cm - 20cm)
Temperature:: °F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C)
Food:: Photosynthesis
Tank:: 33 gal (~ 150L)
Difficulty:: Average
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

More related species in this lexicon:

Membranoptera alata
Flügel-Seeampfer

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-10-19 16:56:25
Last edit:: 2013-10-19 16:56:25

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(Hudson) Stackhouse, 1809

Description
Membranous, deep crimson to brownish red fronds, to 200 mm long. With short stipe, well-marked midrib and narrow, wing-like monostromatic margins, pinnately veined, to 12 mm wide (margins sometimes lacking). Branching irregularly dichotomous, frequently proliferating from midribs, apices blunt.

Habitat
On rocks or on Laminaria hyperborea stipes, lower intertidal and subtidal, generally distributed, common
Text source: Algaebase

Synonsms:
Delesseria alata (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux, 1813
Delesseria alata var. dilatata (Turner) C.Agardh, 1822
Fucus alatus Hudson, 1762
Hypoglossum alatum (Hudson) Kützing, 1843
Hypophylla alata (Hudson) Stackhouse, 1816
Sphaerococcus alatus (Hudson) Wahlenberg, 1826

Scientific paper

LATITUDINAL TRENDS IN THE GROWTH AND REPRODUCTIVE SEASONALITY OF DELESSERIA SANGUINEA, MEMBRANOPTERA ALATA, AND PHYCODRYS RUBENS (RHODOPHYTA), F. J. Molenaar; A. M. Breeman, 1997
Ecotypic Differences between Baltic and North Sea Populations of Delesseria sanguinea and Membranoptera alata, Rietema, H., 1993

External links

Algae Base (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland, Bild aus Schottland

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