Polysiphonia stricta

Polysiphonia stricta

''Polysiphonia stricta'' is a small red marine alga in the Division Rhodophyta.

''Polysiphonia stricta'' forms dense clumps of branching axes. The plants grow to 25 cm high.
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Appearance

''P. stricta'' grows as small tufts of much branched tufts, growing to no more than 25 cm high. The axes are erect, ecorticate, with 4 periaxial cells growing from prostrate axes. All 4 of the periaxial cells are of the same length.

Distribution

Found around the British Isles, the West Atlantic and American Atlantic.

Habitat

Epizoic and epiphytic in the low littoral to 20 m.

Reproduction

Spermatangial branchlets are formed in clusters at the apices. Cystocarps are on wide stalks and are urceolate. The tetraspores are in series in the final branches.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionRhodophyta
ClassFlorideophyceae
OrderCeramiales
FamilyRhodomelaceae
GenusPolysiphonia
SpeciesP. stricta