Rhodothamniella

Rhodothamniella floridula is a small red seaweed detectable more easily with the feet than with the eyes.[1] It thrives only where sand and rock occur together: anchored to the rock, it accumulates sand to form a slightly soft irregular carpet a centimetre or so in thickness. Although the surface is a dull red colour, in cross section the appearance is of a miniature sand dune with no visible algal component. Unable to stand significant desiccation, it prefers locations from the mid-shore downwards.

Rhodothamniella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Palmariales
Family: Rhodothamniellaceae
Genus: Rhodothamniella
Feldmann
Species:
R. floridula
Binomial name
Rhodothamniella floridula
(Dillwyn) Feldmann
Synonyms
  • Conferva floridula Dillwyn
  • Audouinella floridula (Dillwyn) Woelkerling
  • Callithamnion floridulum (Dillwyn) Lyngbye
  • Ceramium floridulum (Dillwyn) Agardh
  • Chromastrum floridulum (Dillwyn) Papenfuss
  • Kylinia floridula (Dillwyn) Papenfuss
  • Rhodochorton floridulum (Dillwyn) Nägeli

It is to be found on most suitable shorelines around Britain and northern Europe.[2]

  • Picture of Rhodothamniella
    Picture of Rhodothamniella
  • Picture of Rhodothamniella
    Picture of Rhodothamniella

References
  1. Knaggs, F.W.; Conway, E. (December 1964). "The life-history ofRhodochorton floridulum(Dillwyn) Näg". British Phycological Bulletin. 2 (5): 339–341. doi:10.1080/00071616400650091. ISSN 0374-6534.
  2. Riley, K. (2005). "Rhodothamniella floridula. A red seaweed". plymsea.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-29.


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