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PHAEOPHYTA (brown algae)
Desmarestia aculeata
(Linnaeus) Lamouroux, 1813
Lenght
: 10-15 cm
Width:
< 1mm
Thallus
tufted, coarsely filiform, somewhat rigid, alternately branched. Branches compressed to flat, often with spiniform short branches. On stones, in sublittoral, everywhere. Occuring frequently in abundance. Common. Boreal- Arctic species.