Polysiphonia ceramiaeformis | |
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Samples of Polysiphonia ceramiaeformis algae | |
Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Ceramiales |
Family: | Rhodomelaceae |
Genus: | Polysiphonia |
Species: | P. ceramiaeformis
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Binomial name | |
Polysiphonia ceramiaeformis P.Crouan & H.Crouan
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Polysiphonia ceramiaeformis, also called banded siphon weed,[1] is a small red algae (Rhodophyta), in the genus Polysiphonia. Individuals are irregularly branched with the branches extending up to 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) from a central node and ending in dense tufts of fibres.[2]