''Ascoseira'' is a monotypic
genus
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of
seaweed
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in the
brown algae (class Phaeophyceae).
The single and
type species
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, ''Ascoseira mirabilis'' Skottsberg, is a large parenchymatous macroalgae, and is
endemic
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to the
Antarctic Ocean.
''Ascoseira'' is assigned to its own
order
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.
The alga grows in
subtidal waters at depths of from 3 to 15 meters.
References
External links
''Ascoseira'' at Algaebase
Brown algae
Monotypic brown algae genera
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