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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.<ref name="Burrows"/> |
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.<ref name="Burrows"/>Remarkably rigid and wiry.<ref>Harvey, W.H. 1841. ''A Manual of the British Algae:'' London</ref> |
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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
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]
Habitat/Ecology
Rock pools of the low littoral.[1]Never abundant.[3]
Distribution
Widespread around the British Isles, along the Atlantic shores of Europe, Murman Sea, Greenland, Canadian Arctic.[1].
References
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