Vertebrata simulans

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Vertebrata simulans (Polysiphonia simulans) Harvey[1] is a small densely branched alga in the Division Rhodophyta.

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Vertebrata simulans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Rhodomelaceae
Genus: Vertebrata
Species:
V. simulans
Binomial name
Vertebrata simulans
(Harvey) Kuntze
Synonyms

Polysiphonia simulans Harvey

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Description

This small marine algae grows to a height of no more than 8 cm. the branches are dense forming tufts. It does not show a clear main axis. The central axes is surrounded by 10 to 12 pericentral cells all of the same length and is without cortication. The branches are irregularly arranged.[1]

Habitat

Generally epiphytic at the low littoral.[1]

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