Image of Plocamium cartilagineum
Description:
Field of view 15 mm, depth 15m. This red alga plays an essential role in the life of the sea hare Aplysia. The young snails require this alga to support growth, and it produces a chemical that defends them against predators. Red algae have a complicated reproductive cycle.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Rhodophyta (red algae)
- Rhodymeniophycidae
- Plocamiales
- Plocamiaceae
- Plocamium
- Plocamium cartilagineum
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- 2005 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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