| Description: |
Cartilaginous, cylindrical, dark reddish brown fronds, to 300 mm long, with crimson ramuli, from discoid base. Branches alternate to pseudodichotomous, densely clothed in spring with gelatinous, ephemeral ramuli, tapered at base and apex. Small cental siphon with 4 large primary pericentral siphons, 4 alternating secondary pericentral siphons, and in older parts 8 tertiary pericentral siphons and a zone of corticating cells. Articulations barely visible in corticated parts, rather broader than long near base, to longer than broad in ramuli. |
Species:
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Polysiphonia elongata (Hudson) Sprengel |
