Acrosiphonia coalita
| Acrosiphonia coalita | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Ulotrichales |
| Family: | Ulotrichaceae |
| Genus: | Acrosiphonia |
| Species: | A. coalita
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| Binomial name | |
| Acrosiphonia coalita (Ruprecht) Scagel, Garbary, Golden et M.W. Hawkes
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Acrosiphonia coalita is a species of green algae.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Description
The green thallus forms many 4–8 in (100–200 mm) long "rope-like strands from branched, uniseriate filaments. Branching is lateral, from sides of cells, and cells are longer than broad. The frayed rope appearance is caused by hook-shaped branches that entangle neighboring branches to form the rope-like strands;"[3] the North Pacific distribution is from the Gulf of Alaska to central California.
Habitat
The species is found on rock in the mid- to low intertidal in protected to semi-exposed habitats in spring and early summer.[3]
References
- ^ Citizen science observations for Green rope (Acrosiphonia coalita) at iNaturalist
- ^ "Acrosiphonia coalita (Ruprecht) Scagel & al. :: AlgaeBase". www.algaebase.org. Archived from the original on 2024-08-14. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
- ^ a b c "Acrosiphonia coalita (Green Rope)". Seaweeds of Alaska. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
- ^ Scagel, R.F.; Garbary, D.J.; Golden, L.; Hawkes, M. W. (1986). "A synopsis of the benthic marine algae of British Columbia, northern Washington and southeast Alaska". Phycological Contribution, Department of Botany University of British Columbia. 1. Department of Botany, University of British Columbia: 1–444. ISBN 978-0-88865-460-1.
- ^ Abbott, Isabella A. (August 1987). "(Review of) A Synopsis of the Benthic Marine Algae of British Columbia, Northern Washington and Southeast Alaska". Taxon. 36 (3): 670. doi:10.2307/1221883. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1221883.
- ^ Ruprecht, F.J. (1850). Algæ Ochotenses. Die ersten sicheren Nachrichten über die Tange des Ochotskischen Meeres. (Aus A. Th. v. Middendorff's sibirischer Reise. Band I. Theil 2.) (in German). St.-Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. pp. 1–243, 10 pls.