''Ascoseira'' is a monotypic
genus of
seaweed
Seaweed, or macroalgae, refers to thousands of species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae. The term includes some types of '' Rhodophyta'' (red), ''Phaeophyta'' (brown) and ''Chlorophyta'' (green) macroalgae. Seaweed species such as ...
in the
brown algae (class Phaeophyceae).
The single and
type species, ''Ascoseira mirabilis'' Skottsberg, is a large parenchymatous macroalgae, and is
endemic to the
Antarctic Ocean.
''Ascoseira'' is assigned to its own
order
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* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...
.
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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