Nemalion helminthoides

Nemalion helminthoides is a small marine alga in the division Rhodophyta.

Nemalion helminthoides
Scientific classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Nemaliales
Family: Nemaliaceae
Genus: Nemalion
Species:
N. helminthoides
Binomial name
Nemalion helminthoides
(Velley) Batters
Synonyms

Mesogloia hudsonii

Description

This is a fairly large erect alga which grows to no more than 0.4 m long. The frond is erect with a solid axis. It is very mucilaginous and with few branches which are elongate growing from a discoid base. The central strand is composed of filaments intricately entangled.[1]

Habitat

Midlittoral, epilithic and on Balanus[2]Patella.[1]

Reproduction

The life-history is not fully confirmed. However carpospores and tetrasporangia have been recorded.[1]

Distribution

Generally distributed around the European coast and the Atlantic coast of North America.[1]

Note

The spelling of the specific name is in older references spelt without the first letter "h". However helminthoides is considered more correct.[1]

References

  1. Dixon, P.S. and Irvine, L.M.1977. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 1 Introduction, Nemaliales, Gigartinales. British Museum (Natural History) ISBN 0-565-00781-5
  2. 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
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