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Chaetomorpha melagonium
Species of alga From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chaetomorpha melagonium is a species of green algae of the family Cladophoraceae.
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There is confusion as to whether there are two forms of this species - one attached and one unattached.[1]
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Description
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
Rock pools of the low littoral.[1] Never abundant,[4] but widespread.
Distribution
Widespread around the British Isles, along the Atlantic shores of Europe, Murman Sea, Greenland, Canadian Arctic.[1]
References
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