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Scientific classification | |
Clade: | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Ceramiales |
Family: | Ceramiaceae |
Genus: | Ceramium |
Species: | C. nodulosum
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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]