Ceramium strictum is a small marine red alga.
Description This alga grows in tufts to a length of no more than 12 cm long. It is densely branched but not completely corticate appearing to have a banded or collar-like appearance. The apices of the axes are strongly inrolled. The branches do not have spines. Rhizoids are numerous.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 Cystocarps containing carposporangia and tetrasporangia are borne on the erect thalli.
Habitat Epiphytic on other algae and mussels in the littoral.
Distribution Southern and western coasts of England and Ireland.Morton, O. 2003. The marine macroalgae of County Donegal, Ireland. Bulletin of Irish biogeographical Society No. 27 pp.3 - 164 In Europe from Norway to France and the Azores.
Nomenclature The validity of the name Ceramium strictum is as yet unsure.
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