出版社：Government of Western Australia / Department of Fisheries
摘要：Codium fragile ssp. fragile is a large branching green alga which typically grows between 15
to 60 cm tall but can attain almost 1 m in length and weigh up to 3.5 kg. In wave exposed
areas the C. fragile ssp. fragile plants tends to be shorter as they undergo more frequent
fragmentation (D’Amours & Scheibling 2007).
• Branching is dichotomous with individual branches between 3 – 10 mm in diameter
• A spongy basal holdfast anchors the plant to the substratum
• Juvenile stages appear as moss-like mats
• Perennial holdfast
• Gametes can germinate with or without fertilization (the later referred to as parthenogenesis)
• Adult thalli may produce vegetative juveniles
• Growth of adult thalli is possible from fragments
• Plant abundance may be seasonal
Synonyms: Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides van Goor 1923
Codium fragile ssp. capense P.C. Silva 1959
Codium mucronatum var. tomentosoides van Goor 1923 and
AcanthoCodium fragile Suringar 1867
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