s A Field Guide to the British Seaweeds - NMBAQC
s A Field Guide to the British Seaweeds - NMBAQC
s A Field Guide to the British Seaweeds - NMBAQC
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Sphacelaria sp.<br />
Plant small, usually less than 2-3cm long, tufted and stiff<br />
retaining its shaped even in water. Consisting of numerous<br />
multiseriate filaments which may be 2 <strong>to</strong> many cells wide,<br />
branching numerous and is generally irregular except in<br />
ultimate branches where it may become pinnate and opposite<br />
or alternate. Characterised by a prominent large and slightly<br />
bulbous apical cell and <strong>the</strong> presence of propagules which<br />
detach from filaments during reproduction. Found growing<br />
within mixed turfs in overhangs and epiphytically on Corallina.<br />
Prominent rounded<br />
apical cells<br />
Reproductive<br />
structures exist<br />
as propagules<br />
Densely tufted<br />
and stiff<br />
Branching pinnate and alternate<br />
or opposite
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