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Ceramium
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Ceramium is a genus of red algae (or Rhodophyta). It is a large genus with at least 15 species in the British Isles.
Species
Wrack Siphon Weed
KINGDOM
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumRhodophyta
- ClassFlorideophyceae
- OrderPalmariales
- FamilyPalmariaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5,036
- With media
- 2,757
- Family
- Ceramiaceae
- Collections
- FC-UNAM
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Wikidata facts
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- Image
- Ceramium rubrum Helgoland.JPG
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- taxon name
- Ceramium
- taxonomic type
- Ceramium virgatum
- taxon common name
- potter's-weeds
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- Description
- Reproduction
- Distribution
- British Isles
- World
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Ceramium is a genus of red algae (or Rhodophyta). It is a large genus with at least 15 species in the British Isles.
The fully corticated group previously referred to as Ceramium rubrum, an illegitimate name, is represented, in the British Isles by: Ceramium pallidum, Ceramium botryocarpum, Ceramium nodulosum and Ceramium secundatum.
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