Polysiphonia furcellata

Polysiphonia furcellata
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Ceramiales
Family:	Rhodomelaceae
Genus:	Polysiphonia
Species:	P. furcellata
Binomial name
	Polysiphonia furcellata; (C.Agardh) Harvey

Polysiphonia furcellata (C.Agardh) Harvey is small marine red alga in the Division Rhodophyta.

Description[]

This red alga is a branched algae growing to 10 cm. The erect branches are ecorticate composed of a central axis of cells surrounded by 7 or 8 paraxial cells, all of the same length in a ring around the axial cells. The rhizoids are numerous growing from the pericentral cells. Gametangial and tetrasporangial plants are not known. Reproduction is by specialized propagules ^[1]

Distribution[]

England, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man and Scotland.^[1]^[2]Canary Islands and in the Mediterranean.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Maggs, C.A. and Hommersand, M.H. Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales. The Natural History Museum ISBN 0-11-310045-0
^ Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D. 2003. A Check-list and Atlas of Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. British Phycological Society ISBN 0-9527115-16

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[Maggs_93-1] Maggs, C.A. and Hommersand, M.H. Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales. The Natural History Museum ISBN 0-11-310045-0

[2] Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D. 2003. A Check-list and Atlas of Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. British Phycological Society ISBN 0-9527115-16

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