Ceramium pallidum

Ceramium pallidum
Scientific classification
(unranked):	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

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

Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2021). "Ceramium pallidum". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
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
Maggs, C.A.; Hommersand, M.H. 1993 (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales. The Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 978-0-11-310045-3.

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[algaebase-1] Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2021). "Ceramium pallidum". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 5 December 2018.

[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

[Maggs_93-3] Maggs, C.A.; Hommersand, M.H. 1993 (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales. The Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 978-0-11-310045-3.