Champia laingii Iridescent-blue red seaweed

Champia laingii is commonly referred to as Iridescent-blue red seaweed. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Champia laingii,Auckland, New Zealand 2022

Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:: 12444
AphiaID:: 373331

Scientific:: Champia laingii
German:: Irisierende Rotalge
English:: Iridescent-blue Red Seaweed

Category:: Rode algen

Family tree:: Plantae (Kingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Rhodymeniales (Order) > Champiaceae (Family) > Champia (Genus) > laingii (Species)
Initial determination:: Lindauer, 1938

Occurrence:: Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania (Australia)
Sea depth:: 6 - 20 Meter
Size:: 1.57" - 3.94" (4cm - 10cm)
Temperature:: °F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C)
Food:: Photosynthesis
Difficulty:: Cold water animal
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2019-09-28 20:03:12
Last edit:: 2019-09-28 22:14:12

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Champia laingii Lindauer, 1938

Colorfull algae. Dark red often with an overlay of iridescent blue or green colour. It often appears as a tangled mat of cylindrical apparently segmented branches. Low tide weed.

External links

Algae Base (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
inaturalist.org (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 06.09.2022.

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Champia laingii,Auckland, New Zealand 2022

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