Dasysiphonia japonica (Yendo) H.-S.Kim
Formerly Heterosiphonia japonica Yendo. Also known
as H. asymmetrica Hollenberg,
H. densiuscula Kylin
Description: Bushy, deep red-brown fronds, to
600 mm long, arising from a basal disc. Axis not always obvious,
cylindrical, diminishing in diam. from base to apex. Branching
repeatedly distichously pinnate, branches spreading , alternate.
Ultimate ramuli bifid or multifid, monosiphonous, sharply
pointed.
Habitat: On sand-covered rocks, lower
intertidal.
Distribution: currently known from New Quay and
Finavarra, Co. Clare, and Carreroe, Co. Galway, and NE Ireland. Introduced into
Ireland, Britain, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, France,
Spain, and Italy, probably as a result of the transfer of oyster
spat. Originally from Pacific where it occurs in Japan, China
and Korea, and from Alaska to California.
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