Biology:Ceramium pallidum
| Ceramium pallidum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | 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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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Trichoceras pallidum Kützing | |
Ceramium pallidum is a small marine alga. It occurs in waters off of Europe and Africa (Morocco).[1]
Description
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
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
Epiphytic on other algae in the littoral zone as well as the sublittoral.[3]
Distribution
Recorded from the coasts of Great Britain, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Portogal, Spain (including the Canary Islands), and Morocco.[1][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M., "Ceramium pallidum", AlgaeBase (World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway), https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=469, retrieved 18 February 2022
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Maggs, C.A.; Hommersand, M.H. 1993 (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales. The Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 978-0-11-310045-3.
Wikidata ☰ Q41132957 entry
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