Dumontia contorta

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Clade:Archaeplastida
Division:Rhodophyta
Class:Florideophyceae
Order:Gigartinales
Dumontia contorta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Gigartinales
Family: Dumontiaceae
Genus: Dumontia
Species:
D. contorta
Binomial name
Dumontia contorta

Dumontia contorta is a relatively small epiphytic algae of the sea-shore.

The thallus grows from a discoid holdfast to a length of about 23 centimetres (9.1 in). The fronds branch irregularly and sparingly.[2] The branches are hollow, soft and twisted, dark reddish brown in colour which bleach towards the tips, they clearly taper at their junction.[1]

Reproduction

The plants are dioecious (sexes separate) with microscopic spermatangia, carposporangia, and tetrasporangia developing in the surface layer, cruciate.[1][3]

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