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| Chaetomorpha melagonium | |
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| Detail of a strand of Chaetomorpha melagonium dried in an herbarium | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Cladophorales |
| Family: | Cladophoraceae |
| Genus: | Chaetomorpha |
| Species: | C. melagonium |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetomorpha melagonium (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Kützing, 1845 | |
Chaetomorpha melagonium is a species of green algae of the family Cladophoraceae.
There is confusion as to whether there are two forms of this species - one attached and one unattached.
Description
The attached form is unbranched growing solitary or in a small group to 60 cm long. The filaments are attached at the base and are stiff and straight. In colour they are dark green with a glaucus sheen. Remarkably rigid and wiry. The cells are so large they can be seen with naked eye.
Habitat
Rock pools of the low littoral. Never abundant, but widespread.
Distribution
Widespread around the British Isles, along the Atlantic shores of Europe, Murman Sea, Greenland, Canadian Arctic.
References
- ^ Burrows, E.M. 1991. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 2 Chlorophyta. Natural History Museum, London ISBN 0-565-00981-8
- Harvey, W.H. 1841. A Manual of the British Algae: London
- Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D.2003. A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. The British Phycological Society ISBN 09527115 16
- Newton, J. 1931. A Handbook of the British Seaweeds. British Museum, London
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