| Apoglossum ruscifolium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Ceramiales |
| Family: | Delesseriaceae |
| Genus: | Apoglossum |
| Species: | A. ruscifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Apoglossum ruscifolium (Turner) J.Agardh | |
Apoglossum ruscifolium is a small red marine seaweed.
Apoglossum ruscifolium has branched monostromic blades growing to 10 cm long. [1] The axis branches with primary blades reaching 10 cm long and up to 0.8 cm wide, each with a clear midrib and pointed apices. Lateral veins are microscopic. The species is similar to Membranoptera alata and Hypoglossum hypoglossoides but can be clearly distinguished. The branches of H. hypoglossoides are clearly pointed and the young blades of M.alata are not pointed and are asymmetric with pincer-like tips. [1]
Microscopic sori are formed are microscopic and are formed on either side of the midrib. Female cystocarps occur singly on the frond. [2] [1]
Recorded all around Great Britain and Ireland including Shetland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Norway to the Mediterranean, the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans. [1]
Palmaria palmata, also called dulse, dillisk or dilsk, red dulse, sea lettuce flakes, or creathnach, is a red alga (Rhodophyta) previously referred to as Rhodymenia palmata. It grows on the northern coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is a well-known snack food. In Iceland, where it is known as söl, it has been an important source of dietary fiber throughout the centuries.
Alaria esculenta is an edible seaweed, also known as dabberlocks or badderlocks, or winged kelp. It is a traditional food along the coasts of the far north Atlantic Ocean. It may be eaten fresh or cooked in Greenland, Iceland, Scotland and Ireland. It is the only one of twelve species of Alaria to occur in both Ireland and in Great Britain.
Ceramium is a genus of Ceramium algae. It is a large genus with at least 15 species in the British Isles.
Dilsea carnosa, commonly known as the poor man's weather glass or the sea belt, is a species of red algae in the Dumontiaceae family of the order Gigartinales.
Dumontia contorta is a relatively small epiphytic algae of the sea-shore.
Polysiphonia lanosa is a common species of the red algae (Rhodophyta) often to be found growing on Ascophyllum nodosum.
Polysiphonia elongata is a small red marine algae in the Rhodophyta.
Polysiphoides fucoides (Hudson) Greville is a common marine alga in the Division Rhodophyta.
Vertebrata fruticulosa(Boergeseniella fruticulosa Kylin) is a small marine alga in the Division Rhodophyta.
Ceramium botryocarpum is a small red marine alga in the Division Rhodophyta.
Ceramium secundatum is a small marine red alga.
Ceramium virgatum, or the red hornweed, is a small red marine alga.
Plocamium cartilagineum is a medium-sized red marine alga.
Membranoptera alata a small red alga in the Rhodophyta.
Hypoglossum hypoglossoides, known as under tongue weed, is a small red marine alga in the family Delesseriaceae.
Delesseria sanguinea is a red marine seaweed.
Phycodrys rubens is a red marine alga of up to 30 cm long.
Phyllophora crispa is a medium-sized marine red alga.
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides, the stalked leaf bearer, is a small marine red alga.
Odonthalia dentata is a medium sized marine red alga.