Rhodomela confervoides (Hudson) P.C. Silva
Description: Cylindrical, cartilaginous, bushy,
brownish red fronds, to 300 mm long. Much branched, repeatedly,
irregularly. Branches clothed with small, pinnate branchlets and
simple, pointed ramuli. In winter branchlets are shed and frond
appears bare, spiky, very different from summer appearance.
Central siphon surrounded by elongated cells with outer band of
small coloured cells, articulations not visible.
Habitat: On rocks and shells, intertidal pools
at all levels
Distribution: widely distributed, common.
Similar species: Rhodomela lycopodioides (Linnaeus) C. Agardh is a
northern species common in Scotland, north England, north and
west
Ireland.
Key characteristics: Dark brow, coarse,
cartilaginous. Resembles a coarser Polysiphonia.
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