Ascoseira is a monotypic genus of seaweed in the brown algae (class Phaeophyceae).[3][4] The single and type species, Ascoseira mirabilis Skottsberg, is a large parenchymatous macroalgae, and is endemic to the Antarctic Ocean.[5] Ascoseira is assigned to its own order.[3][6] The alga grows in subtidal waters at depths of from 3 to 15 meters.[7]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Class: | Phaeophyceae |
Subclass: | Fucophycidae |
Order: | AscoseiralesPetrov[2] |
Family: | Ascoseiraceae Skottsberg |
Genus: | Ascoseira Skottsberg |
Species: | A. mirabilis
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Binomial name | |
Ascoseira mirabilis Skottsberg [1]
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