Species

Ceramium

Phylum: RHODOPHYCOTA

Kindom: Plantae

Size: finger tip to mid forearm 20-30 cm

Sightings: 14

Description: Ceramium is a genus of red algae (or Rhodophyta). It is a large genus with at least 15 species in the British Isles. All species of Ceramium are small algae growing to no more than 30 cm (12 in) in length. They consist of a terete monosiphonous axis of cells surrounded by smaller cells forming a cortex. In most species this a continuous cortex enclosing the axis, in others the cortical cells are arranged only in nodes at the junction of cells of the axes. The tips of the branches grow in a pincer-like manner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceramium