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Lemanea
Sign in to saveLemanea is a genus of freshwater red algae, in the order Batrachospermales. Both species are considered to be widespread in the northern hemisphere. Although placed in the Rhodophyta (red algae) it in fact is green in colour.
Species
straumtråd (slekt)
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumRhodophyta
- ClassFlorideophyceae
- OrderBatrachospermales
- FamilyLemaneaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 349
- With media
- 304
- Family
- Lemaneaceae
- Collections
- MICH, US, UHM, USCH, UCONN, NY
- Recorded in
- India, United States, Mexico, Belgium, Costa Rica, Italy, Germany, Sweden
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lemaneaceae
- Image
- Lemanea na kamieniach w potoku.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Description
- Species
- Taxonomy
- Distribution
- Europe
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- North America
- References
- General references
- Further reading
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Lemanea is a genus of freshwater red algae, in the order Batrachospermales. Both species are considered to be widespread in the northern hemisphere. Although placed in the Rhodophyta (red algae) it in fact is green in colour.
==Description== Lemanea is a stiff bristle-like branched or unbranched alga similar to a coarse horsehair. Close inspection show it to have small swellings at more or less regular intervals along its length. It grows to 40 cm in length, in bunches in freshwater. It is blue-green to olive in colour when young. The asexual stage is a row of single-celled branched filaments.
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