AlgaeTraits taxon details
Pterothamnion plumula (J.Ellis) Nägeli, 1855
144683 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144683)
accepted
Species
marine
(of ) Ellis, J. (1768). Extract of a letter from John Ellis, Esquire, F.R.S. to Dr. Linnaeus of Upsala, F.R.S. on the animal nature of the genus of zoophytes, called Corallina. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 57: 404-425, pls XVII, XVIII.
page(s): 425 [details]
page(s): 425 [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Pterothamnion plumula (J.Ellis) Nägeli, 1855. Accessed through: AlgaeTraits eds. (2025) AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds at: https://algaetraits.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144683 on 2026-07-10
AlgaeTraits eds. (2026). AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds. Pterothamnion plumula (J.Ellis) Nägeli, 1855. Accessed at: https://www.algaetraits.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144683 on 2026-07-10
original description
(of ) Ellis, J. (1768). Extract of a letter from John Ellis, Esquire, F.R.S. to Dr. Linnaeus of Upsala, F.R.S. on the animal nature of the genus of zoophytes, called Corallina. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 57: 404-425, pls XVII, XVIII.
page(s): 425 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Schneider, C. W. (2003). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the marine macroalgae of the Bermuda Islands. Nova Hedwigia, 76(3-4): 275-361, available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2003/0076-0275 [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p. [details]
additional source South, G. R.;Tittley, I. (1986). A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. <em>untsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick.</em> 1-76. [details]
additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
page(s): 425 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Schneider, C. W. (2003). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the marine macroalgae of the Bermuda Islands. Nova Hedwigia, 76(3-4): 275-361, available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2003/0076-0275 [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p. [details]
additional source South, G. R.;Tittley, I. (1986). A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. <em>untsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick.</em> 1-76. [details]
additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77044 [details]Unreviewed
Diet photosynthetic [details]Distribution Long Island Sound to Scotian coast [details]
Habitat warm bays and estuaries, usually in the shallow sublittoral to 12 m [details]
Morphology Red colour results from the dominance of the pigments phycoerythrin and phycocyanin; this masks the other pigments, chlorophyll a (no chlorophyll b), beta-caratene and a number of unique xanthophylls. [details]
Reproduction vegetative reproduction is rare; asexual reproduction is effected by the formation of various kinds of spores; Sexual reproduction is unique in this group due to their passive, non flagellated sperm cells (spermatia) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | havdun | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | vanlig havdun | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | vanleg havdun | [details] |
| Swedish | havsdun | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Published in AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pterothamnion plumula)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 116 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
Published in AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pterothamnion plumula)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 116 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
Unreviewed
