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Ceramium nodulosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Ceramiaceae
Genus: Ceramium
Species:
C. nodulosum
Binomial name
Ceramium nodulosum

Ceramium nodulosum is a small red marine alga.

Description

Ceramium nodulosum is a small filamentous branching alga growing to a height of 30 cm in tufts of erect branches usually fully corticate. The apices of main axes are straight or slightly curled inward at the tips. It attached by a rhizoids with many erect branches. The axes and branches are usually fully corticate and, unlike some other species, it is without spines.[1]

Reproduction

Gametophytes are dioecious. Cystocarpes and tetrasporasngia are formed on the branches.[1]

Distribution

Generally found around Great Britain and Ireland.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Maggs, C.A. and Hommersand, M.H. 1993. Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales The Natural History Museum, London ISBN 0-11-0310045 Parameter error in {{ISBN}}: checksum-0