Portieria hornemannii   (Lyngbye) P.C. Silva

Clawed sea moss

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Florideophyceae | Gigartinales | Rhizophyllidaceae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Sessile.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indian Ocean: from the Arabian Sea, including Gulf of Aden, south to South Africa, including Seychelles, Comoros, Réunion and Madagascar, east to India including Laccadive Islands, and south to Western Australia including Nicobar Islands; Pacific Ocean: from China to the South China Sea south to New South Wales, Australia including Federated States of Micronesia, Lord Howe Islands and Fiji, east to the Hawaiian Islands.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Thalli small, bright orange to red and composed of erect, overlapping fronds that arise from a small discoid holdfast. Branching in 1 plane, irregularly pinnate-alternate, forming rounded axils. Diameter of the primary branches not exceeding 7 mm. Tips of the terminal branches at the distal portion of the thallus slightly expanded with enrolled tips. Basal lateral branchlets provided with simple acute teeth. Thalli about 5.5 cm in height (Re. 80758).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Source of carrageenan (Ref. 80758) Attached to rocks or dead corals in upper to lower subtidal areas exposed to moderate to strong water movement (Ref. 80758).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry. 2009. (Ref. 80701)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | AlgaeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 21.2 - 29.2, mean 28 (based on 3208 cells).