Chaetomorpha melagonium: Difference between revisions
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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"/> Remarkably rigid and wiry.<ref>Harvey, W.H. 1841. ''A Manual of the British Algae:'' London</ref>The cells are so large they can seen with naked eye.<ref name="Hardy"><ref>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 |
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>The cells are so large they can seen with naked eye.<ref name="Hardy"><ref>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</ref> |
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Cladophorales |
| Family: | Cladophoraceae |
| Genus: | Chaetomorpha |
| Species: | C. melagonium
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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]The cells are so large they can seen with naked eye.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
Habitat
Rock pools of the low littoral.[1] Never abundant,[3]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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