Chaetomorpha melagonium

Chaetomorpha melagonium
	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; (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Kützing, 1845

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]

Habitat/Ecology

Rock pools of the low littoral.^[1]Never abundant.^[2]

Distribution

Widespread around the British Isles, along the Atlantic shores of Europe, Murman Sea, Greenland, Canadian Arctic.^[1].

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Burrows, E.M. 1991. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 2 Chlorophyta. Natural History Museum, London ISBN 0-565-00981-8
^ Newton, J. 1931. A Handbook of the British Seaweeds. British Museum, London

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[Burrows-1] Burrows, E.M. 1991. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 2 Chlorophyta. Natural History Museum, London ISBN 0-565-00981-8

[2] Newton, J. 1931. A Handbook of the British Seaweeds. British Museum, London

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