. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. 25. 100 /xm 1. Axis with spirally arranged branchlets. 2. Tetrasporangial stichidium. 3. Habit of plant. *Dasya mollis Harvey 1853:62. Thallus delicate, fine, bush-like; to 4(-15) cm tall; pale rose; branching irregular, no main axis apparent; branchlets filamentous, covering all branches; holdfast inconspicuous, disc-like. Branches 1 mm diam., tapering distally, corticated; branchlets slender, limp, to 1 mm long, dichotomously dividing, whorled at close intervals, whorls obscured with age; branchlet cells 50
. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. 25. 100 /xm 1. Axis with spirally arranged branchlets. 2. Tetrasporangial stichidium. 3. Habit of plant. *Dasya mollis Harvey 1853:62. Thallus delicate, fine, bush-like; to 4(-15) cm tall; pale rose; branching irregular, no main axis apparent; branchlets filamentous, covering all branches; holdfast inconspicuous, disc-like. Branches 1 mm diam., tapering distally, corticated; branchlets slender, limp, to 1 mm long, dichotomously dividing, whorled at close intervals, whorls obscured with age; branchlet cells 50 fim diam., 60 /xm long at base, tapering to 6/xm diam., 90/xm long; tetrasporangial stichidia 135/xm diam., to 300 /xm long, near base of branchlet; tetraspores spherical, to 50 jum diam. Fracture zone specimen: Seagrass bed of central fracture, 3 m deep on shell fragment, , D&M Littler 25034 (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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