please ID this macro

[gemini aquarius(t)]

http://www.marineflora.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=17
i know the genus name but i want to know the species name also as i just got this stuff

 

[graveyardworm]

Could be Botryocladia Uvaria. It is possible that a few species are very similar, so to pinpoint the species based on a picture alone is probably misleading. It will likely take PHd's and piles of referrence materials plus the specimen under a microscope, and knowledge of the reproductive cycles to get to the exact species.
Sarah HELP! That oftentimes works as well.

 

[Samala]

I'm not even sure those are Botryocladia actually, apparently that genus tends to have a main stalk with the floats coming off of it. Variations on that theme at the least. This alga actually has the floats, or the fleshy parts, growing out of other floats, in a segmented fashion. The phycologists are apparently calling these floats "vesicles".

Oh the red algae.. they are the worst for ID. Algaebase lists 40 current species for the Botryocladia genus alone.

For instance here are a few other genera that have "red grape" like appearances:

Chrysymenia (a few with vesicles, a few that dont look grapey at all)
Scinaia (usually more cylindrical vesicles)
Irvinea
Lomentaria
Champia (but note segmentation)

>Sarah

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

algae base?\

 

[Samala]

Algaebase.org

>Sarah

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

ok thanks

 

[el chupacabra]

I emailed that company a few weeks ago asking the same thing about that algae and they never responded.

Could you let us know how that algae turns out (growthwise)? Also Does it really look like the picture? I was unable to tell if there was branching and such.

I'm hoping its not one of those pest Botryocladias.

i may bring this thread up again in the future

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

ya sure i took pics last night of mine so when it grows i can share on a weekly basis