''Ceramium shuttleworthianum'' is a small marine red
alga
Algae ( , ; : alga ) are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms. The name is an informal term for a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from u ...
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Description
''Ceramium shuttleworthianum'' is a small alga fundamentally
monosiphonous Monosiphonous algae are algae which consist of a single row of cells with, or without, cortication.Maggs, C.A. and Hommersand, M.H. 1993. ''Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales.'' Natural History Museum, London.
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with densely interwoven branches. The cylindrical branches are incompletely