Nemalion helminthoides

Nemalion helminthoides
Scientific classification
Clade:	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Nemaliales
Family:	Nemaliaceae
Genus:	Nemalion
Species:	N. helminthoides
Binomial name
	Nemalion helminthoides; (Velley) Batters
Synonyms
	Mesogloia hudsonii

Nemalion helminthoides is a small marine alga in the division Rhodophyta.

Description

This is a fairly large erect alga which grows to no more than 0.4 m long. The frond is erect with a solid axis. It is very mucilaginous and with few branches which are elongate growing from a discoid base. The central strand is composed of filaments intricately entangled.^[1]

Habitat

Midlittoral, epilithic and on Balanus^[2]Patella.^[1]

Reproduction

The life-history is not fully confirmed. However carpospores and tetrasporangia have been recorded.^[1]

Distribution

Generally distributed around the European coast and the Atlantic coast of North America.^[1]

Note

The spelling of the specific name is in older references spelt without the first letter "h". However helminthoides is considered more correct.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Dixon, P.S. and Irvine, L.M.1977. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 1 Introduction, Nemaliales, Gigartinales. British Museum (Natural History) ISBN 0-565-00781-5
^ 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 0-9527115-16

[Irvine_77-1] Dixon, P.S. and Irvine, L.M.1977. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 1 Introduction, Nemaliales, Gigartinales. British Museum (Natural History) ISBN 0-565-00781-5

[2] 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 0-9527115-16

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