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Ceramium pallidum

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Ceramium pallidum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Ceramiaceae
Genus: Ceramium
Species:
C. pallidum
Binomial name
Ceramium pallidum
(Nägeli ex Kützing) Maggs & Hommersand
Synonyms[1]

Trichoceras pallidum Kützing

Ceramium pallidum is a small marine alga. It occurs in waters off of Europe and Africa (Morocco).[1]

Description

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Ceramium pallidum is a small filamentous, regularly branched delicate alga.[2] 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.[3]

Reproduction

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The gametophytes are dioecious or monoecious. Spermatangial sori occur on young axes and cystocarps contain numerous carposporangia. The tetrasporangia occur in whorls on the younger branches.[3]

Habitat

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Epiphytic on other algae in the littoral zone as well as the sublittoral.[3]

Distribution

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Recorded from the coasts of Great Britain, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Portogal, Spain (including the Canary Islands), and Morocco.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Ceramium pallidum". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ a b c d Maggs, C.A.; Hommersand, M.H. 1993 (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Vol. 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales. The Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 978-0-11-310045-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)