Reddish-colored Algae without Flagella –
Archaeplastida – Rhodophyta

Observations on Ceramium tenuicorne

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Ceramium tenuicorne (Kützing) Wærn 1952

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Gongroceras tenuicorne Kützing 1841

Add’l Synonyms: Ceramium diaphanum var. arachnoideum C.Agardh 1828
                               Ceramium arachnoideum (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1851
                               Ceramium tenuissimum f. arachnoideum (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1876
                               Episperma arachnoidea (C.Agardh) Kuntze 1891
                               Ceramium tenuissimum var. arachnoideum (C.Agardh) Foslie 1893
                               Apona arachnoidea (C.Agardh) Kuntze 1898
                               Ceramium corticatulum Kylin 1907
                               Ceramium circinatum f. inferne-corticatum Lakowitz 1907
                               Ceramium diaphanum f. strictoides H.E.Petersen 1908
                               Ceramium strictum f. stricto-tenuissimum Petersen 1908
                               Ceramium strictum f. verum Petersen 1908
                               Ceramium diaphanum f. corticatulo-strictum Kylin 1909
                               Ceramium diaphanum f. corticatulum (Kylin) Sjöstedt 1920
                               Ceramium strictum f. corticatulo-strictum (Kylin) Sjöstedt 1928
                               Ceramium strictum f. strictoides (Petersen) Sjöstedt 1928
                               Ceramium circinatum f. spongiosum Wærn 1952
                               Ceramium gobii Wærn 1992
                               Ceramium strictum subsp. tenuicorne (Kützing) Rueness & Kornfeldt 1992

Sampling date 10/2008. Scale bars indicate 100 µm(1), 250 µm (2,3), 25 µm (4).

The red alga Ceramium tenuicorne act as epibiotic habitat for peritrich ciliates and araphid diatoms fixed with mucilaginous stalks.

Place name: Hiddensee Bodden (Germany)
Latitude: 54.582633 Longitude: 13.115051

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ.

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