Home | Site map | Contact  
  > Marine biology - Halimeda opuntia - Halimeda Macroalgae Search :  

Random picture

 Butterflyfish

Random species

 Encrusting alcyonarian

Naslain.com
Come and see a new dive site guide, Wannadive.net. Don't hesitate to contribute by adding your favourite dive sites.
Wannadive.net



Halimeda opuntia



Halimeda Macroalgae

Classification
Identification
Biology
Distribution
Links
Bibliography

Update Update  Print Print  Send Send
  
Classification   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Latin name : Halimeda opuntia ()
Synonyms :
Classification : Chlorophyceae ( Green algae )
 
Name : Algue verte articulée
Halimeda
Name : Halimeda Macroalgae
Identification   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Main identification characters
Whitish green to dark green, this alga consists of hard, disklike, calcified segments connected by flexible joints; grows 10-20 cm tall; and spreads laterally with dense random branching to form extensive clumps or mounds with many points of attachment.

The segments are usually three lobed or rounded with three radiating ribs visible on the surface.

There are at least 25 species of Halimeda and they are very common on the reef. They are estimated to have first appeared 225 million years ago.
Possible confusions
Feel free to update this datasheet and complete this data.
Biology   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Feed
Feel free to update this datasheet and complete this data.
Cycle of life / Reproduction
Feel free to update this datasheet and complete this data.
Interaction with other species
Halimeda spp. are very robust and not easily harmed by algae eating animals - only a few species of fish feed on them. This is due to the plant excreting toxic metabolites.
Distribution   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Habitat

Coral

Sand
H. opuntia grows in the shallow waters of the coral reef, on sand and gravel and in Thalassia beds down to 25 meters deep.
Geographical distribution
Indo-Pacific and Caribbean to depth of 25 meters.
Links   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Websites :
http://rmocfis.upr.clu.edu/~ballan/halimed.opun.html
http://w3.teaser.fr/~yaccard/algues/h_opuntia1.jpg
http://www.2cah.com/pandora/H_opuntia.html
http://www.globaldialog.com/~jrice/algae_page/halimeda.htm
http://www.hawaiianatolls.org/research/NOWRAMP2002/features/halimeda.h [...]
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/STUDENTS/jharney/algae/h_opuntia.jpg

Suggest a link for this species
Search with Google
Search with AltaVista
Bibliography   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Guide sous-marin de Tahiti
R. Bagnis & E. Christian
Les Editions du Pacifique, 1976-2000
Data sheet written by Christophe Naslain , 4/12/2002

Updates :
Goupille Pierre-Alain - 13/04/2003
oueslati wissal - 04/09/2006


 Comments
Add a comment

Be the first to comment this specie !

Update Update  Print Print  Send Send

 

[ Photography | Marine biology | Links | Articles |  Search Engine |
Site map  | Bibliography  | Guestbook  | Terms of use  | Contact  ]

All photographs on these pages are property of their author. Duplication in whole or in part is prohibited.
� Copyright Sealifecenter.com, 1999-2024.