Ceramium cimbricum

Ceramium cimbricum is a small red alga in the division Rhodophyta.

Ceramium cimbricum
Scientific classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Ceramiaceae
Genus: Ceramium
Species:
C. cimbricum
Binomial name
Ceramium cimbricum
H.Petersen in Rosenvinge

Description

This small red alga is basically monosiphonous, rarely no more than 8 cm long. It consists of erect tufts of filaments. These filaments are branched and attached by rhizoids. The tips of the filaments are only slightly inrolled. Cortical cells develop at the nodes where the cells of the filament meet forming clear bands around the filaments, without spines.[1]

Habitat

Found on many other surfaces such as rock, shells and other algae to a depth of 26 m in the subtidal.[1][2]

Reproduction

The gametophytes are dioecious with separate male and female plants. Spermatangial sori, cystocarps and tetrasporangia are recorded.[1]

Distribution

Found around the shores of Ireland and Great Britain, also on coasts of Europe from Norway to France.[1]

References
  1. Maggs, C.A. and Hommersand, M. 1993. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales. The Natural History Museum, London HMSO 0-11-310045-0
  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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