Ceramium strictum
# Ceramium strictum

Ceramium strictum is a small marine red alga.

## Description

This alga grows in tufts to a length of no more than 12 cm long. It is densely branched but not completely corticate appearing to have a banded or collar-like appearance. The apices of the axes are strongly inrolled. The branches do not have spines. Rhizoids are numerous.

## Reproduction

Cystocarps containing carposporangia and tetrasporangia are borne on the erect thalli.

## Habitat

Epiphytic on other algae and mussels in the littoral.

## Distribution

Southern and western coasts of England and Ireland. In Europe from Norway to France and the Azores.

## Nomenclature

The validity of the name Ceramium strictum is as yet unsure.

