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| Chaetomorpha melagonium | |
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| Detail of a strand of Chaetomorpha melagonium dried in an herbarium | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Cladophorales |
| Family: | Cladophoraceae |
| Genus: | Chaetomorpha |
| Species: | C. melagonium |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetomorpha melagonium | |
Chaetomorpha melagonium is a species of green algae of the family Cladophoraceae.
There is confusion as to whether there are two forms of this species - one attached and one unattached.[1]
Description
[edit]The attached form is unbranched growing solitary or in a small group to 60 cm long. The filaments are attached at the base and are stiff and straight. In colour they are dark green with a glaucus sheen.[1] Remarkably rigid and wiry.[2] The cells are so large they can be seen with naked eye.[3]
Habitat
[edit]Rock pools of the low littoral.[1] Never abundant,[4] but widespread.
Distribution
[edit]Widespread around the British Isles, along the Atlantic shores of Europe, Murman Sea, Greenland, Canadian Arctic.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Burrows, E.M. 1991. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 2 Chlorophyta. Natural History Museum, London ISBN 0-565-00981-8
- ↑ Harvey, W.H. 1841. A Manual of the British Algae: London
- ↑ Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D.2003. A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. The British Phycological Society ISBN 09527115 16
- ↑ Newton, J. 1931. A Handbook of the British Seaweeds. British Museum, London
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