Ceramium pallidum

Ceramium pallidum
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Ceramiales
Family:	Ceramiaceae
Genus:	Ceramium
Species:	C. pallidum
Binomial name
	Ceramium pallidum; (Nägeli ex Kützing) Maggs & Hommersand

Ceramium pallidum is a small marine alga.

Description

Ceramium pallidum is a small filamentous, regularly branched delicate alga.^[1] The axes can reach 12 cm long and are attached by multicellular rhizoids. The structure is basically of a monosiphonous axis and erect branches with strongly inrolled apices. The segments are either fully corticate or ecorticate at the internodes which gives a banded appearance.^[2]

Reproduction

Gametophytes are dioecious or monoecious. Spermatangial sori occur on young axes and Cystocarps contail numerous carposporangia. Tetrasporangia occur in whorles on the younger branches.^[2]

Habitat

Epiphytic on other algae in the littoral zone as well as the sublittoral.^[2]

Distribution

Recorded from the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland.^[2]

References

↑ Bunker,F.StP., Maggs, C.A., Brodie, J.A. and Bunker, A. 2017. Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. Second Edition. Wild Nature Press Plymouth, UK ISBN 978-0995567337
1 2 3 4 Maggs, C.A.; Hommersand, M.H. 1993 (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales. The Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 978-0-11-310045-3.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Bunker,F.StP., Maggs, C.A., Brodie, J.A. and Bunker, A. 2017. Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. Second Edition. Wild Nature Press Plymouth, UK ISBN 978-0995567337

[Maggs_93-2] 1 2 3 4 Maggs, C.A.; Hommersand, M.H. 1993 (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales. The Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 978-0-11-310045-3.