Florideophyceae | 
Gigartinales | 
Rhizophyllidaceae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range				
				
					Ekologi				
				
			
			
				.  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indian Ocean:  from the Arabian Sea, including Gulf of Aden, south to South Africa, including Seychelles, Comoros, Réunion and Madagascar, east to India  including Laccadive Islands, and south to Western Australia including Nicobar Islands; Pacific Ocean:  from China to the South China Sea south to New South Wales, Australia including Federated States of Micronesia, Lord Howe Islands and Fiji, east to the Hawaiian Islands.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						Thalli small, bright orange to red and composed of erect, overlapping fronds that arise from a small discoid holdfast. Branching in 1 plane, irregularly pinnate-alternate, forming rounded axils. Diameter of the primary branches not exceeding 7 mm. Tips of the terminal branches at the distal portion of the thallus slightly expanded with enrolled tips. Basal lateral branchlets provided with simple acute teeth. Thalli about 5.5 cm in height (Re. 80758).					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Source of carrageenan (Ref. 80758) Attached to rocks or dead corals in upper to lower subtidal areas exposed to moderate to strong water movement (Ref. 80758).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2009 AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 April 2009. (Ref. 80701)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
							
			
			
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Verktyg
			
			
			
			
				
					Ytterligare information				
				
					 Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Födosammansättning
Födointag
Predatorer
  Population dynamicsTillväxt
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundans
  Life cycleReproduktion
Könsmognad
Fecundity
Lek
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
  PhysiologySyreförbrukning
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 21.2 - 29.2, mean 28 (based on 3208 cells).