Ceramium nodulosum
| Ceramium nodulosum | |
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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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| 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]