Ceramium pallidum
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| Ceramium pallidum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Ceramiales |
| Family: | Ceramiaceae |
| Genus: | Ceramium |
| Species: | C. pallidum
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| Binomial name | |
| Ceramium pallidum (Nägeli ex Kützing) Maggs & Hommersand
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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
- ^ a b c d Maggs, C.A.; Hommersand, M.H. 1993 (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Vol. Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales. The Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 978-0-11-310045-3.
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