Plumularia angusta Stechow, 1923 [Invalid]

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Plumularia angusta

General description:

The hydrothecae are very variable in shape even on the one hydrocladium, the thecal walls ranging from pitcher-shaped to almost straight, often closely approaching the shape of the hydrotheca of Plumularia setaceoides.

Sat, 2016-01-02 15:05 -- Jeanette Wilson
Plumularia angusta

General description:

Hydrothecae pitcher-shaped, but variable, some with a pronounced concavity of the adcauline wall and a constriction behind margin, others with a thickening of the abcauline wall.

Colour: straw-coloured, gonothecae bright orange.

Distribution:

Southern Australia

Habitat:

Subtidal, on brown algae such as Macrocystis holdfasts and Myriodesma quercifolium.

Sat, 2016-01-02 15:05 -- Jeanette Wilson