Ceramium nodulosum is a small red marine alga. There is confusion surrounding this name.[1]
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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 (Lightfoot) Ducluzeau
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Description
editCeramium 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
editGametophytes are dioecious. Cystocarpes and tetrasporasngia are formed on the branches.[1]
Distribution
editGenerally found around Great Britain and Ireland.[1]
Nomenclature
editThere is some confusion with this name. As described above the species is Ceramium nodulosum (Lightfoot) Ducluzeae. [1] The species Ceramium virgatum Roth is noted as a possible synonym elsewhere.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Maggs, C.A. and Hommersand, M.H. 1993. Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales The Natural History Museum, London ISBN 0-11-310045-0
- ^ Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D. 2003 A Checklist and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. The British Phycological Society ISBN 0-9527115-16