Chaetomorpha melagonium
Chaetomorpha melagonium | |
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Detail of a strand of Chaetomorpha melagonium dried in an herbarium | |
Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Ulvophyceae |
Order: | Cladophorales |
Family: | Cladophoraceae |
Genus: | Chaetomorpha |
Species: | C. melagonium
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Binomial name | |
Chaetomorpha melagonium |
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
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]
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