Ceramium
| Ceramium | |
|---|---|
| File:Ceramium rubrum Helgoland.JPG | |
| Ceramium virgatum | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Ceramiales |
| Family: | Ceramiaceae |
| Genus: | Ceramium Blume |
| Species | |
Ceramium is a genus of Ceramium algae (or Rhodophyta). It is a large genus with at least 15 species in the British Isles.[1]
The fully corticated group previously referred to as Ceramium rubrum, an illegitimate name, is represented, in the British Isles by: Ceramium pallidum, Ceramium botryocarpum, Ceramium nodulosum and Ceramium secundatum.[1][2]
Description
[edit | edit source]All species of Ceramium are small algae growing to no more than 30 cm (12 in) in length. They consist of a terete monosiphonous[3] 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 axes. The tips of the branches grow in a pincer-like manner.[4] Species in the genus show irregular branching and are attached by unicellular or branched rhizoids.[1]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]The species is dioecious forming spermatangia and carpogonia on separate male and female plants. The fertilised carpogonium develops growing parasitically attached to the female plant. Tetraspores are born in the cortical bands.[1]
Distribution
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British Isles
[edit | edit source]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, Kerry, Clare, Mayo, Waterford, Dublin, Donegal,[5] Antrim and Down.[1][2]
World
[edit | edit source]Some species are probably cosmopolitan. Widely in north-west Atlantic, Iceland, Norway to Spain, Denmark, Netherlands, France, Portugal, Mediterranean, Azores, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, USA - Newfoundland to New York, Australia.[1]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c d e f g Maggs, C.A. and Hommersand, M.H. 1993. Seaweeds of the British Isles. vol.1, Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales. HMSO & Natural History Museum, London. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Morton, O. 1994. Marine Algae of Northern Ireland. Ulster Museum. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Newton, L. 1931. A Handbook of the British Seaweeds. British Museum (Natural History)
- ^ Bunker, F.StP.D. Maggs,C.A. Brodie, J.A. and Bunker, A.R. 2017 Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. Second Edition, Wild Nature Press, Plymouth, UK Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Morton, O. 2003. The marine macroalgae of County Donegal, Ireland. Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society 27:3 - 164
External links
[edit | edit source]- https://web.archive.org/web/20060503234440/http://www.mbari.org/staff/conn/botany/reds/Ceramium/index.htm
- http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/ReefAlgae/ceramium.htm
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