Ceramium

Ceramium
Ceramium
Ceramium gracillimum var. byssoideum

100 µm basal part showing rhizoids (arrow)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Ceramiaceae
Genus: Ceramium
Blume

Ceramium is a genus of red algae in the Rhodophyta. It is a large genus with at least 15 species in the British Isles.[1]

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Description

All species of Ceramium are small algae growing to no more than 30 cm (12 in) in length. They consist of a terete axis of cells surrounded by smaller cells forming a cortex. In most species this a continuous cortex enclosing the axis, in others the cortical cells are arranged only in nodes at the junction of cells of the axesSpecies in the genus show irregular branching and are attached by unicellular or branched rhizoids.

Reproduction

The species is dioecious forming spermatangia and carpogonia. The fertilised carpogonium develops growing parasitically attached to the female plant. Tetraspores are born in the cortical bands.[1]

Distribution

British Isles

Scotland: Orkney and Faroes, Shetland, Ross and Cromarty, Fife.[1] England and Wales: Pembroke, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall, Sussex, Lincoln to Kent, Norfolk also the Channel Isles. Ireland: Cork, Kery, Clare, Mayo, Waterford, Dublin, Donegal, Atrim and Down.[1] Europe: World: Some species are probably cosmopolitan. Widely in norh-west Atlantic, Iceland, Norway to Spain, Denmark, Netherlands, France, Portugal, Mediterranean, Azores, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, USA - Newfoundland to New York, Australia.[1]

Europe

France.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Maggs, C.A. and Hommersand, M.H. 1993. Seaweeds of the British Isles. vol.1, Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales. HMSO & Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 0-11-310045-0

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