Nemalion helminthoides
# Nemalion helminthoides

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.

## Habitat

Midlittoral, epilithic and on BalanusPatella.

## Reproduction

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

## Distribution

Generally distributed around the European coast and the Atlantic coast of North America.

## Note

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

