Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Golden-brownish-colored Algae without Flagella –
SAR-Stramenopiles (Part)

Observations on Ectocarpus siliculosus

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Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye 1819

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Conferva siliculosa Dillwyn 1809

Add’l Synonyms: Ceramium confervoides var. ferrugineum Roth 1806
                               Ceramium siliculosum (Dillwyn) C.Agardh 1811
                               Colophermum floccosum Rafinesque 1814
                               Ceramium siliculosum var. atrovirens C.Agardh 1817
                               Ceramium siliculosum var. ferrugineum (Roth) C.Agardh 1817
                               Ceramium siliculosum var. nebulosum C.Agardh 1817
                               Ectocarpus siliculosus var. atrovirens (C.Agardh) C.Agardh 1824
                               Ectocarpus siliculosus var. caespitosus C.Agardh 1824
                               Ectocarpus siliculosus var. ferrugineus (Roth) C.Agardh 1824
                               Ectocarpus siliculosus var. nebulosus (C.Agardh) C.Agardh 1824
                               Audouinella siliculosa (Dillwyn) Bory 1832
                               Ectocarpus spalatinus Kützing 1843
                               Ectocarpus nebulosus (C.Agardh) Zanardini 1843
                               Ectocarpus confervoides Le Jolis 1863
                               Ectocarpus hiemalis (P.Crouan & H.Crouan ex Kjellman) Kjellman 1867
                               Ectocarpus confervoides f. arctus (Kützing) Kjellman 1872
                               Ectocarpus confervoides f. spalatinus (Kützing) Kjellman 1872
                               Ectocarpus confervoides f. siliculosus (Dillwyn) Kjellman 1872
                               Ectocarpus confervoides f. hiemalis P.Crouan & H.Crouan ex Kjellman 1872
                               Ectocarpus confervoides var. hiemalis (Foslie) Farlow 1881
                               Ectocarpus confervoides var. siliculosus (Dillwyn) Farlow 1881
                               Ectocarpus siliculosus f. nebulosa (C.Agardh) Kjellman 1890
                               Ectocarpus hiemalis f. spalatinus (Kützing) Kjellman 1890
                               Ectocarpus siliculosus f. arctus (Kützing) Kuckuck 1891
                               Ectocarpus siliculosus f. hiemalis (P.Crouan & H.Crouan ex Kjellman) Kuckuck 1891
                               Ectocarpus confervoides f. typicus Kuckuck 1891
                               Ectocarpus hansteenii Foslie 1894
                               Ectocarpus confervoides var. brumalis Holden 1899
                               Ectocarpus confervoides f. irregularis Collins 1906
                               Ectocarpus confervoides var. arctus (Kützing) Lily Newton 1931
                               Ectocarpus siliculosus var. confervoides (Roth) G.Russell 1966
                               Ectocarpus siliculosus f. fluviatilis (Kützing) Kuylenstierna 1990
                               Ectocarpus siliculosus var. hiemalis (P.Crouan & H.Crouan ex Kjellman) Gallardo 1992

Ectocarpus confervoides

Sampling date 04/2010. Scale bar indicates 100 µm.

Place name: North Sea around Heligoland 
Latitude: 54.186311     Longitude: 7.895034

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ.

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