Palmophyllum crassum Encrusting Green Alga

Palmophyllum crassum is commonly referred to as Encrusting Green Alga. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17909 

AphiaID:

145917 

Scientific:

Palmophyllum crassum 

German:

Grüne Krustenalge 

English:

Encrusting Green Alga 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Plantae (Kingdom) > Prasinodermatophyta (Phylum) > Palmophyllophyceae (Class) > Palmophyllales (Order) > Palmophyllaceae (Family) > Palmophyllum (Genus) > crassum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Naccari) Rabenhorst, 1868 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Australia, Balearic Islands, Bermuda, Brazil, Corea, Corsica, cosmopolitan species, European Coasts, France, Greece, Hawaii, Italy, Japan, Lybia, Malta, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, Polynesia, Spain, Sweden, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 

Sea depth:

8 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Epibiont (living on other organisms), Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Photosynthesis 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Palmophyllum crassum
  Grüne Krustenalge

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-11-23 20:29:33 

Last edit:

2025-11-23 20:51:25 

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