Ceramium cimbricum is a small red alga in the division Rhodophyta.
Description This small red alga is basically monosiphonous, rarely no more than 8 cm long. It consists of erect tufts of filaments. These filaments are branched and attached by rhizoids. The tips of the filaments are only slightly inrolled. Cortical cells develop at the nodes where the cells of the filament meet forming clear bands around the filaments, without spines.Maggs, C.A. and Hommersand, M. 1993. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales. The Natural History Museum, London HMSO 0-11-310045-0
Habitat Found on many other surfaces such as rock, shells and other algae to a depth of 26 m in the subtidal.Hardy, F.G and Guiry, M.D. 2003. A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland The British Phycological Society
Reproduction The gametophytes are dioecious with separate male and female plants. Spermatangial sori, cystocarps and tetrasporangia are recorded.
Distribution Found around the shores of Ireland and Great Britain, also on coasts of Europe from Norway to France.
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