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'''''Ceramium nodulosum''''' (Lightfoot) Ducluzeau (''Ceramium virgatum'' Roth)is a small red marine [[alga]]. |
'''''Ceramium nodulosum''''' (Lightfoot) Ducluzeau (''Ceramium virgatum'' Roth) is a small red marine [[alga]]. |
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There is confusion surrounding these names.<ref name="Hardy">Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D. 2003. ''A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland.'' The British Phycological Society. ISBN 0-9527115-16</ref> The details below are derived from two references and published under both names.<ref name="Hardy"/><ref name="Maggs 93">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}}-0</ref> |
There is confusion surrounding these names.<ref name="Hardy">Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D. 2003. ''A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland.'' The British Phycological Society. ISBN 0-9527115-16</ref> The details below are derived from two references and published under both names.<ref name="Hardy"/><ref name="Maggs 93">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}}-0</ref> |
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Ceramiales |
| Family: | Ceramiaceae |
| Genus: | Ceramium |
| Species: | C. nodulosum
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| Ceramium nodulosum | |
Ceramium nodulosum (Lightfoot) Ducluzeau (Ceramium virgatum Roth) is a small red marine alga. There is confusion surrounding these names.[1] The details below are derived from two references and published under both names.[1][2]
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.[2]
Reproduction
Gametophytes are dioecious. Cystocarpes and tetrasporasngia are formed on the branches.[2]
Distribution
Generally found around Great Britain and Ireland.[2]
Nomenclature
There is some confusion with this name. As described above the species is Ceramium nodulosum (Lightfoot) Ducluzeae. [2] The species Ceramium virgatum Roth is noted as a synonym by other authors.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D. 2003. A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. The British Phycological Society. ISBN 0-9527115-16
- ^ a b c d e 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