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Mazzaella splendens Splendid Iridescent Seaweed, Rainbow Leaf

Mazzaella splendens is commonly referred to as Splendid Iridescent Seaweed, Rainbow Leaf. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Mazzaella splendens, Splendid Iridescent Seaweed,Hazard Reef,Montana de Oro State Park,San Luis Obispo Co.,California 2018


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lexID:
13906 
AphiaID:
372601 
Scientific:
Mazzaella splendens 
German:
Schillernde Rotalge, Regenbogen-Alge 
English:
Splendid Iridescent Seaweed, Rainbow Leaf 
Category:
Red algae 
Family tree:
Plantae (Kingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Gigartinales (Order) > Gigartinaceae (Family) > Mazzaella (Genus) > splendens (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Fredericq, 1994 
Occurrence:
Alaska , Canada Eastern Pacific, Gulf of California, USA 
Sea depth:
1 - 7 Meter 
Size:
7.87" - 47.24" (20cm - 120cm) 
Food:
Photosynthesis 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-05-29 11:50:07 

Info

Mazzaella splendens (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Fredericq, 1994

Thallus is an undivided, cordate to lanceolate blade, to 40 cm, very rubbery, and usually an iridescent brownish or purplish red in colour. This alga has a perennial, fleshy holdfast out of which a 3-6 cm stipe grows. Northern specimens are smaller than those found from British Columbia south.

This annual (with perennial crustose base) grows on rock in the low intertidal of semi-protected to exposed habitats.

Mazzaella splendens is a red algae with separate male and female thalli and three different life history phases.

Most similar to Mazzaella flaccida (can be virtually indistinguishable in the field).

Synonymised names:
Gigartina cordata var. splendens (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) D.H.Kim, 1976 (synonym)
Iridaea cordata var. splendens (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) I.A.Abbott, 1972
Iridaea coriacea (Setchell & Gardner) Scagel, 1957 (synonym)
Iridaea reediae (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Papenfuss, 1958
Iridaea sinicola (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Papenfuss, 1958
Iridaea splendens (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Papenfuss, 1958
Iridophycus coriaceus Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1937
Iridophycus reediae Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1937
Iridophycus sinicola Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1937
Iridophycus splendens Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1937

Direct children (1):
Subspecies Mazzaella splendens subsp. fulgens (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Hughey & Hommersand, 2010

External links

  1. algaebase.org (en). Abgerufen am 28.05.2021.
  2. MARINe Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (en). Abgerufen am 28.05.2021.
  3. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 22.08.2024.
  4. Seaweeds of Alaska (en). Abgerufen am 28.05.2021.

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Mazzaella splendens, Iridescent Seaweed, Rainbow Leaf,San Luis Obispo Co., California 2024
Mazzaella splendens, Iridescent Seaweed or Rainbow Leaf,San Luis Obispo Co., California 2021
Mazzaella splendens, Iridescent Seaweed,Montana de Oro State Park, San Luis Obispo Co., CA 2013
Mazzaella splendens, Splendid Iridescent Seaweed,Hazard Reef,Montana de Oro State Park,San Luis Obispo Co.,California 2018

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