Womersleyella setacea (Hollenberg) R.E. Norris, 1992
Plants that create an extensive creeping system that forms erect filaments which are mostly unbranched and consist of joints 70-80 pm in diameter with slightly oblique pericentral cells. Leaflets with sporadic and capillary hairs.
Lazaridou, E. (1994). Systematics, bionomy and ecological study of the marine phytobenthos of the Milos Island (Cyclades). PhD Thesis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 297 pp.
1988
TS-Angl/fis
Red Filamentous Alga
Despite its abundance it seems to reproduce only by vegetation forming a dense, almost monospecific lawn.
The sub-littoral communities of the Western Mediterranean Sea have been affected and the same may be done in the communities of the Northern Adriatic Sea by this fast-growing species.
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Records of Womersleyella setacea
Sites where Womersleyella setacea has been recorded in the Hellenic Seas.
