Ceramium diaphanum

Ceramium diaphanum is a species of marine red algae (or Rhodophyta).

Ceramium diaphanum
Nineteenth-century museum specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Ceramiales
Family:	Ceramiaceae
Genus:	Ceramium
Species:	C. diaphanum
Binomial name
Ceramium diaphanum (Lightfoot) Roth 1806[1]
Subspecies
Ceramium diaphanum arachnoides C.Agardh Ceramium diaphanum aucklandicum J.D.Hooker & Harvey Ceramium diaphanum capense Simons Ceramium diaphanum capricornu (Reinsch) Foslie 1893 Ceramium diaphanum corticatulostrictum Kylin Ceramium diaphanum corticatulum H.E.Petersen Ceramium diaphanum decipiens Schiffner Ceramium diaphanum elegans (Roth) Roth 1806 Ceramium diaphanum fastigiatum (Roth) Trevisan Ceramium diaphanum gracile Ardissone Ceramium diaphanum herbaceum (Roth) Roth Ceramium diaphanum indicum Feldmann-Mazoyer 1952 Ceramium diaphanum minor P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan 1865 Ceramium diaphanum patentissima Foslie Ceramium diaphanum pilosum (Roth) C.Agardh Ceramium diaphanum pulcher Shperk Ceramium diaphanum radiculosum (Grunow) H.E.Petersen Ceramium diaphanum rigidum A.W.Griffiths & Harvey Ceramium diaphanum serpens Montagne Ceramium diaphanum strictotenuissimum (H.E.Petersen) Kylin Ceramium diaphanum strictum Celan & Serbanescu 1969 Ceramium diaphanum typicum H.E.Petersen Ceramium diaphanum virescens Lyngbye Ceramium diaphanum zostericola acrocarpum (Kutzing) Feldmann-Mazoyer 1941 Ceramium diaphanum zostericola H.E.Petersen
Synonyms
Ceramium elegans (Roth) Ducluzeau, accepted as Ceramium diaphanum var. elegans (Roth) Roth, 1806 Conferva elegans Roth, 1797,[2] accepted as Ceramium diaphanum var. elegans (Roth) Roth, 1806

Description

This small filamentous alga grows attached, or unattached, in masses reaching 20 cm across. The branches grow pseudochotomously the tips are strongly coiled in. It is corticated only at the nodes between the axial cells and form clear cortical bands. The rhizoids are multicellular.^[3]

Reproduction

The full life history is not yet confirmed. Tetraspores have been recorded in groups on the nodes.^[3]

Habitat

Growing as attached or unattached clumps on other algae and Zostera at low littoral to 3 m deep.^[3]

Distribution

Widely distributed in Ireland, England and Scotland.^[3]Isle of Man.^[4] Reported from Norway and United States of America.^[3]