Thuiaria articulata Pallas, 1766

PICTURES

SYNONYMY

Dymella articulata Pallas, 1766

Thuiaria barentsi Naumov, 1960

Thuiaria lichenastrum Linnaeus, 1758

DESCRIPTION

Colonies pinnate and monosiphonic. Stem wide and flat. Branches inserted on short apophyses, usually opposite but alternate may also occur in some colonies. Hydrothecae in double rows on stem and branches, nearly completely adnate, aperture circular with 1-flapped operculum. Gonothecae elongate, flattened on top, with circular opening on short pedicel.

DISTRIBUTION IN SVALBARD

Kong Karls Land

WORLD DISTRIBUTION

Northern circumpolar and widespread in Arctic.

DEPTH

117 m

SUBSTRATE

Not known.

REPRODUCTION

fixed gonophores

gonophores absent