. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. 200/xm 1. Branch apex. 2. Branchlet apex with tufted filaments arising from terminal depression. 3. Cross section of axis. 100 fim *Chondria dasyphylla (Woodward) C. Agardh 1817: xviii. Fucus dasyphyllus Woodward 1794:239: pi. 23, figs. 1-3. Thallus soft, sparsely bushy; 5-10(-30) cm tall; light yellow-brown to dark rose-red; main branching irregular; branches cylindrical, mm diam. proximally, thinner distally; branchlets numerous, short, alternate, opposite or spirally arranged, constricted at base, c
. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. 200/xm 1. Branch apex. 2. Branchlet apex with tufted filaments arising from terminal depression. 3. Cross section of axis. 100 fim *Chondria dasyphylla (Woodward) C. Agardh 1817: xviii. Fucus dasyphyllus Woodward 1794:239: pi. 23, figs. 1-3. Thallus soft, sparsely bushy; 5-10(-30) cm tall; light yellow-brown to dark rose-red; main branching irregular; branches cylindrical, mm diam. proximally, thinner distally; branchlets numerous, short, alternate, opposite or spirally arranged, constricted at base, cone shaped, unbranched; apices tufted with fine dichotomously branched filaments in terminal depression; holdfast small, disc-like. Branchlets cylindrical, 200-600/xm diam, to 2-3(-10) mm long; apical cell sunken in terminal depression; pericentral cells 4-6, large, rounded; surface cells small, rounded; tetrasporangia spherical, 40-170/xm diam., near branchlet apices; spermatangial sori oval, 400-600 /xm diam., developed on basal cell of apical filaments; cystocarps spherical to oval, to 1 mm diam., 700 ^tm long, near branchlet apices. Fracture zone specimen: Seagrass bed of west fracture, 3 m deep, epiphytic on Thalassia testudinum, , D&M Littler 25157 (US).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Press; National Research Council (U. S. ). Pacific Science Board; Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Natural History (U. S. ); United States. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. Washington, D. C. : [Smithsonian Press]
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