Melobesia membranacea

Melobesia membranacea
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Corallinales
Family:	Hapalidiaceae
Subfamily:	Melobesioideae
Genus:	Melobesia
Species:	M. membrancea
Binomial name
	Melobesia membranacea;

Melobesia membranacea (Esper) Lamouroux is a small marine alga encrusting on the surface of other algae. In the division of the Rhodophyta.

Description

This small marine algae grows lightly encrusting as a thin plant epiphytic on other algae growing to 5 cm in diameter. Conceptacles small but raised and visible.^[1]

Reproduction

Carposporangial and tetrasporangial conceptacles are common.^[1]

Habitat

Very common growing ephitically on other algae in the littoral and sublittoral on Mastocarpus stellatus, Chondrus and other algae.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Irvine, L. and Chamberlain, Y.M. 1994. Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 2B Corallinales, Hildenbrandiales The Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 0-11310016-7

[Irvine_94-1] Irvine, L. and Chamberlain, Y.M. 1994. Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 2B Corallinales, Hildenbrandiales The Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 0-11310016-7

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