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Chaetomorpha melagonium is a species of green algae of the family Cladophoraceae.
| 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: | UTC clade |
| Order: | Cladophorales |
| Family: | Cladophoraceae |
| Genus: | Chaetomorpha |
| Species: | C. melagonium
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| Chaetomorpha melagonium | |
There is confusion as to whether there are two forms of this species - one attached and one unattached.[1]
Description
editThe 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.[1] Remarkably rigid and wiry.[2] The cells are so large they can be seen with naked eye.[3]
Habitat
editRock pools of the low littoral.[1] Never abundant,[4] but widespread.
Distribution
editWidespread around the British Isles, along the Atlantic shores of Europe, Murman Sea, Greenland, Canadian Arctic.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d 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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