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Codium apiculatum (Codiaceae, Chlorophyta), a new species from southern and southwestern Australia

Paul C. SILVA & Max CHACANA

en Cryptogamie, Algologie 33 (1) - Pages 35-40

Published on 24 February 2012

A new species of Codium, C. apiculatum P.C. Silva, M.E. Chacana et H.B.S. Womersley, is described on the basis of several subtidal collections from southern and southwestern Australia. It is characterized by its utricles, which are stout, subcylindical to slightly clavate, bearing several hairs (or hair scars) very close to the apex, and by the branch tips, which are apiculate.


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