 |
|
|
green
seaweeds text index | photo
index
|
| Seaweeds > Division Chlorophyta |
| 'Bee
hoon' green seaweed Chaetomorpha sp.* Family Cladophoraceae updated Jan 13 Where seen? This green seaweed does look like our local noodle favourite, 'bee hoon' (vermicelli)! It is seen on many of our shores, growing entangled among seagrasses or other seaweeds. It 'blooms' seasonally, sometimes drifting up on the shores in large tangled bundles. It may also form a bright green mossy carpet under mangrove trees! Features: Filaments fine, long (40cm or more) and unbranched that grow entangled among other seaweeds. Each filament is made up of a single row of cylindrical cells joined together end to end. The cells are longer than they are wide: thus the filament resembles bamboo when seen under a microscope. Bright light green to dark green, sometimes olive green. According to AlgaeBase, there are more than 50 current Chaetomorpha species. Sometimes confused with Hairy green seaweed (Bryopsis sp.) which has much shorter filaments and appears feathery. Here's more on how to tell apart some green seaweeds. Human uses: It is used as animal feed and eaten raw by people. |
 Large piles of the seaweed Chek Jawa, Feb 02  Chek Jawa, Feb 02 |
 Kranji Nature Trail, Apr 10  Forming a mossy carpet under mangrove trees. |
 Sentosa, Jun 05  Often entangled among other seaweeds. |
 Sentosa, Jan 06  |
 Pulau Senang, Aug 10 |
 |
 Terumbu Semakau, Mar 11 |
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination of internal parts.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
| Bee hoon green seaweeds on Singapore shores |
| Photos of Bee hoon green seaweeds for free download from wildsingapore flickr |
| Distribution in Singapore on this wildsingapore flickr map |
| Chaetomorpha
recorded for Singapore Pham, M. N., H. T. W. Tan, S. Mitrovic & H. H. T. Yeo, 2011. A Checklist of the Algae of Singapore. + from Lee Ai Chin, Iris U. Baula, Lilibeth N. Miranda and Sin Tsai Min ; editors: Sin Tsai Min and Wang Luan Keng, A photographic guide to the marine algae of Singapore, 2015.
|
Links
|
|
|