Summary ³

Ceramium is a genus of red algae (or Rhodophyta). It is a large genus with at least 15 species in the British Isles.

Description ⁴

Non hollow thallus, that can be epithetic but can also be a part of turf.
No enlargements on branches that are cylindrical.
Corticated bands with branches that do not curve inward.
Nodal bands several cells wide, but not in longitudinal rows

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1. (c) Andrew Simon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Andrew Simon
2. (c) cppmarinebotany1, all rights reserved
3. Adapted by Bryan Jason Quintero from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceramium
4. (c) Bryan Jason Quintero, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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