''Vertebrata simulans'' (''Polysiphonia simulans'') Harvey
[''Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1V Rhodophyta, part 3A Ceramiales.'' The Natural History Museum, London. ] is a small densely branched alga in the Division
Rhodophyta.
Description
This small marine
algae grows to a height of no more than 8 cm. the branches are dense forming tufts. It does not show a clear main axis. The central axes is surrounded by 10 to 12 pericentral cells all of the same length and is without cortication. The branches are irregularly arranged.
Habitat
Generally
epiphytic
An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphytes grow are called phoroph ...
at the low littoral.
References
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Rhodomelaceae