Polysiphonia furcellata
# Polysiphonia furcellata

Polysiphonia furcellata (C.Agardh) Harvey is small marine red alga in the Division Rhodophyta.

## Description

This red alga is a branched algae growing to 10 cm. The erect branches are ecorticate composed of a central axis of cells surrounded by 7 or 8 paraxial cells, all of the same length in a ring around the axial cells. The rhizoids are numerous growing from the pericentral cells. Gametangial and tetrasporangial plants are not known. Reproduction is by specialized propagules

## Distribution

England, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man and Scotland.Canary Islands and in the Mediterranean.

