Polysiphonia foetidissima
| Polysiphonia foetidissima | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Ceramiales |
| Family: | Rhodomelaceae |
| Genus: | Polysiphonia |
| Species: | P. foetidissima
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| Binomial name | |
| Polysiphonia foetidissima Cocks ex Bornet
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Polysiphonia foetidissima Cocks ex Bornet (also known as Vertebrata foetidissima) is small red marine alga in the Rhodophyta.[1]
Description
Polysiphonia foetidissima grows in dense branching tufts to a length of 11 cm. The fine erect branches have a central axis surrounded by 7 or 8 pericentral cells all of the same length. Rhizoids are produced from the pericentral cells. Trichoblasts are numerous.[1]
Reproduction
Tetrasporangia are formed in the branches.[1]
Distribution
Only recorded twice from Ireland and Great Britain.[2] Further records are from France, Portugal, the Mediterranean and Bermuda.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Maggs, C.A. and Hommersand, M.H. 1993. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramilaes. The Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 0-11-310045-0
- ^ Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D. 2003. A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. British Phycological Society, ISBN 0-9527115-16