Pylaiella Explained
Pylaiella (mung) is a genus of seaweed (brown algae) that can be a nuisance due to its ability to coat people, ropes, animals, and more when it blooms close to the shore under particular conditions.[1]
Species
- Pylaiella aquitanica Ruprecht, 1850
- Pylaiella gardneri Collins, 1912
- Pylaiella hooperi De Toni, 1895
- Pylaiella littoralis (Linnaeus) Kjellman, 1872
- Pylaiella nana Kjellman, 1883
- Pylaiella penicilliformis Kjellman, 1906
- Pylaiella petaloniae Noda, 1975
- Pylaiella seriata Kuckuck, 2007
- Pylaiella tenella Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1922
- Pylaiella unilateralis Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1922
- Pylaiella varia Kjellman, 1883
- Pylaiella washingtoniensis C.C.Jao, 1937
Further reading
- Kuprijanov. Ivan. Kotta. Jonne. First evidence on the epiphytic macroalga Pylaiella littorals on the prawn Palaemon adspersus. Estonian Journal of Ecology. December 2013. 62. 4. 287–291. 10.3176/eco.2013.4.05. free.
- Ye. Bo-Ram. Kim. Junseong. Kim. Min-Sun. Induction of Apoptosis by the Tropical Seaweed Pylaiella littoralis in HT-29 Cells via the Mitochondrial and MAPK Pathways. Ocean Science Journal. 23 December 2013. 48. 4. 339–348. 10.1007/s12601-013-0032-z.
- Assali. Nour-Eddine. Mache. Regis. Goer. Susan Loiseaux-de. Evidence for a composite phylogenetic origin of the plastid genome of the brown alga Pylaiella littoralis (L.) Kjellm. Plant Molecular Biology. August 1990. 15. 2. 307–315. 10.1007/BF00036916.
- Gauna. M. Cecilia. Cáceres. Eduardo J.. Parodi. Elisa R.. Spatial and temporal variability in algal epiphytes on Patagonian Dictyota dichotoma (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). Aquatic Botany. January 2015. 120. 338–345. 10.1016/j.aquabot.2014.10.003. 11336/23024. free.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: ITIS- Pylaiella. 2007-02-19.
