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Further investigations on the red alga
Melanothamnus afaqhusainii (Ceramiales) from the coast of Pakistan
Afaq-Husain S, Shameel M
Abstract: External characters,
anatomical features and characteristics of propagules of the red alga
Melanothamnus afaqhusainii Shameel is described and compared with the
Somalian and Yemeni populations of M. somalensis Bornet et Falkenberg.
M. afaqhusainii differs from M. somalensis by its larger size, larger
propagules containing more tiers of cells and the thicker cortication of
the axis. M, afaqhusainii also differs from Samalian populations of the
type species, M, somalensis, in having conical and spindle-shaped
propagules and from Yemeni populations of M. somalensis in habit and in
the production of the propagules on dwarf shoots (Polysiphonia-like
filaments) only.
Appl Biol & Marine Resources Res Ctr,
Karachi 75280, Pakistan
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