Chaetomorpha aerea

Chaetomorpha aerea
Scientific classification
Phylum:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Ulvophyceae
Order:	Cladophorales
Family:	Cladophoraceae
Genus:	Chaetomorpha
Species:	C. aerea
Binomial name
	Chaetomorpha aerea; (Dillwyn) Kütz., 1849

Chaetomorpha aerea is a species of green algae of the family Cladophoraceae.

Chaetomorpha aerea and Chaetomorpha linum are considered conspecific by some authors,[1] other authors do not accept this synonymy.[2] The genus to which this species belongs is regarded as needing further taxonomic investigation.[3]

Description

Cheatomorpha aerea is the attached form.[2]

Distribution

This species is wide spread world wide. In New Zealand it is found in upper to mid-intertidal pool on the coast of the North and South Islands, Chatham Islands and Stewart Island.[4]

References

Burrows, E.M. 1991. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 2 Chlorophyta. Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 0-565-00981-8
Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D. 2003. A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland p.32 The British Phycological Society ISBN 0-9527115-16
Guiry, Wendy (2019). "Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillwyn) Kützing". www.algaebase.org. National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
W. A., Nelson (2013). New Zealand seaweeds : an illustrated guide. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780987668813. OCLC 841897290.

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[1] Burrows, E.M. 1991. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 2 Chlorophyta. Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 0-565-00981-8

[Hardy-2] Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D. 2003. A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland p.32 The British Phycological Society ISBN 0-9527115-16

[3] Guiry, Wendy (2019). "Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillwyn) Kützing". www.algaebase.org. National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2019-01-25.

[:0-4] W. A., Nelson (2013). New Zealand seaweeds : an illustrated guide. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780987668813. OCLC 841897290.