Ceramium diaphanum is a species of marine red algae (or Rhodophyta).
Description This small filamentous alga grows attached, or unattached, in masses reaching 20 cm across. The branches grow pseudochotomously the tips are strongly coiled in. It is corticated only at the nodes between the axial cells and form clear cortical bands. The rhizoids are multicellular.Maggs, C.A. and Hommersand, M.H. 1993. Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales. The Natural History Museum, London.
Reproduction The full life history is not yet confirmed. Tetraspores have been recorded in groups on the nodes.
Habitat Growing as attached or unattached clumps on other algae and Zostera at low littoral to 3 m deep.
Distribution Widely distributed in Ireland, England and Scotland.Isle of Man.Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D. 2003. A Check-list and Atlas of Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland The British Phycological Society . Reported from Norway and United States of America.
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External links
Ceramium diaphanum at algaebase.org (retrieved 22 July 2016)