Species

Ceramium shuttleworthianum

Phylum: RHODOPHYCOTA

Kindom: Plantae

Habitats: on other plants and animals

Depth: 0-10 m

Sightings: 20

Description: Ceramium shuttleworthianum is a small alga fundamentally monosiphonous with densely interwoven branches. The cylindrical branches are incompletely corticate. Spines are formed in whorls on the cortical bands near the apices of the branches which are inrolled near the tips. The spines have a multicellular base merging with the cortical bands cells and are 2 to 3 cells long. Only 3 other species in the British Isles have spines which help in identification: Ceramium echionotum, Ceramium ciliatum, Ceramium gaditanum. on the rocks, mussels and in rock pools in the littoral. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceramium_shuttleworthianum

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