Polysiphonia ceramiaeformis
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| Polysiphonia ceramiaeformis | |
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| Samples of Polysiphonia ceramiaeformis algae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Ceramiales |
| Family: | Rhodomelaceae |
| Genus: | Polysiphonia |
| Species: | P. ceramiaeformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Polysiphonia ceramiaeformis P.Crouan & H.Crouan | |
Polysiphonia ceramiaeformis, also called banded siphon weed,[1] is a small red algae (Rhodophyta), in the genus Polysiphonia. Individuals are irregularly branched with the branches extending up to 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) from a central node and ending in dense tufts of fibres.[2]
Reproduction
The plants are dioecious. The alga bears spermatangial branches on a cylindrical axis. Cystocarps are oval with a narrow ostiole. The tetraspores cells divide to forms cells in fours, these occur in a spiral series.[2]
