Udotea Lamouroux

Coppejans, Eric, Leliaert, Frederik, Verbruggen, Heroen, de Clerck, Olivier, Schils, Tom, de Vriese, Thomas & Marie, Daniel, 2004, The marine green and brown algae of Rodrigues (Mauritius, Indian Ocean), Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 2959-3020 : 2995

Udotea Lamouroux

Key to the species from Rodrigues

The blade-like part is called flabellum. It is composed of radially arranged contiguous filaments (or siphons), generally bearing outgrowths or appendages.

1 Filaments of the flabellum with short, simple or bifid to trifid, acute appendages........................ U. palmetta

– Filaments of the flabellum with long, elaborate, ¡ peltately arranged appendages, forming a cortex covering the longitudinal filaments....... Udotea sp.