Polysiphonia lanosa

Polysiphonia lanosa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Rhodomelaceae
Genus: Polysiphonia
Species: P. lanosa
Binomial name
Polysiphonia lanosa
(L.) Tandy

Polysiphonia lanosa (Polysiphonia fastigiata (Roth) Greville)is a common species of the red algae (Rhodophyta) often to be found growing on Ascophyllum nodosum.[1]

Description

The thalli of this species are dense tufts, each thallus up to 7.5 cms generally attached to a frond of Ascophyllum. The erect cylindrical branches divide pseudodichotomously

Reproduction

Cystocarps are borne, usually singly.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Maggs, C.A. and Hommersand, M.H. 1993, Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales. The Natural History Museum, London ISBN 0-11-310045-0
  2. ↑ Dickinson, C.I. 1963. British Seaweeds. The Kew Series
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