Author | Brodie, J., Maggs, C.A. & John, D.M. (eds) |
Year | 2007 |
Title | Green Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland |
ISBN | 0 9527115 32 |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | All the British species of multicellular green algae known at the time: marine, brackish water, littoral and supralittoral |
Source | 242pp, The British Phycological Society |
Illustrations | Colour photographs |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | A microscope-based approach to identifying our 100 species of multi-cellular green seaweeds, with lots of high quality colour photographs and photomicrographs. Even though profusely illistrated, this is emphatically not a field guide for the casual holiday phycologist or beach comber. Serious study is required with most determinations taking place under the microscope. |
Errata, Corrigenda & Comments | P8: Key to genera - couplet 4: include tubular in second alternative. P81: *Ulva* key to species - couplet 5: *U. intestinalis* is fig 38 not 35 (although "F" illustrates the same character). |
Examine | Compound Microscope |
Specimen Preparation | Collect complete specimens as attachment details can be important. Culturing may be required for small species (eg rock/shell borers). Microscope examination of fresh material in water, and maybe iodine to show starch grains around pyrenoids. |
Identification difficulty | Challenging |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
---|---|---|---|---|
For identification, contains Checklist, maritime species | Current | ULVOPHYCEAE | a class of green algae | Plantae |
For identification, contains Checklist, maritime species | Current | TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE | a class of green algae | Plantae |
For identification | Current | [Seaweeds] | differentiated, multicellular, marine algae |
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