Table 1 Comparison between Polysiphonia morrowii specimens collected in Anegada Bay and specimens from native and non-native habitats
Reference | Texture | Length (cm) | N segments between branches | Rhizoids | Segments’ width (μm) | L/W | Tetrasporangia (μm) | Endogenous axillary branches | Sharply pointed apices | Country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lenght (μm) | Width (μm) | Prostrate axes | Erect axes | |||||||||
Yoon (1986) | – | 3–25 | 3–8 | 100–1,000 | 50–70 | 150–250 | 80–300 | 0.2–13 | 70–80 | Yes | Yes | Korea |
Kudo and Masuda (1992) | Setaceous | Up to 35 | – | – | – | 260–550 | – | 1.2–11.7 | – | Yes | Yes | Japan |
Curiel et al. (2002) | – | Up to 50 | 3–7 | 1,600 | 25–90 | 65–115 | 100–300 | 0.4–20 | – | Yes | Yes | Italy |
Kim et al. (2004) | – |  |  |  | 20–40 | 50–160 | – | – | 50–60 | No | Yes | Chile |
Erduğan et al. (2009) | Delicate | 3–25 | 3–8 | 100–1,000 | 50–70 | 150–250 | – | 0.2–13 | – | – | – | Turkey |
D’Archino et al. (2012) | – | 3–9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Yes | New Zealand |
Geoffroy et al. (2012) | – | 15–30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Yes | France |
This study | Setaceous | 4–26 | 2–6 | 170–1,000 | 14–86 | 52–118 | 46–223 | 0.8–11 | 90–110 | Yes | Yes | Argentina |