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Gracilaria vermiculophylla (Ohmi) Papenfuss, 1967
Japanese knotweed forms stable strands with irregular side threads. The floating algae provides a new home and good growth opportunities for many organisms. Up to 92 species of various marine life have been found on Gracilaria vermiculophylla.
The color is usually reddish-black, but can also vary to brownish or yellowish-red depending on the light conditions and age. The algae mostly drifts loosely in the sea and is washed up on the mudflats. There, it can anchor itself in the sand and continue to grow.
The algae also regularly adhere to dead mussel shells or to the tubes of the polychaete Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841.
Gracilaria vermiculophylla originates from Japan and has spread as an invasive species in recent years via France to Germany, from the North Sea to even the Baltic Sea.
Synonymised names:
Gracilaria asiatica Zhang & Xia, 1985
Gracilariopsis vermiculophylla Ohmi, 1956
Japanese knotweed forms stable strands with irregular side threads. The floating algae provides a new home and good growth opportunities for many organisms. Up to 92 species of various marine life have been found on Gracilaria vermiculophylla.
The color is usually reddish-black, but can also vary to brownish or yellowish-red depending on the light conditions and age. The algae mostly drifts loosely in the sea and is washed up on the mudflats. There, it can anchor itself in the sand and continue to grow.
The algae also regularly adhere to dead mussel shells or to the tubes of the polychaete Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841.
Gracilaria vermiculophylla originates from Japan and has spread as an invasive species in recent years via France to Germany, from the North Sea to even the Baltic Sea.
Synonymised names:
Gracilaria asiatica Zhang & Xia, 1985
Gracilariopsis vermiculophylla Ohmi, 1956
