Spongomorpha aeruginosa (Linnaeus) Hoek
Description: Gametophytes epiphytic on red
algae, 10-30 mm in length, tufted, light green in colour,
filamentous in construction becoming entangled rope-like when
older. The sporophytes occur as filamenous endophytes in red
algae such as Polyides rotundus and
Dilsea carnosa.
Habitat: found in spring and early summer as
epiphytes on cylindrical, branched red algae such as
Furcellaria lumbricalis,
Polyides rotundus
and
Chondracanthus acicularis
in spring (February-May), on lower-shore rocks. Relatively
uncommon.
Key characteristics: occurrence in spring, the
light green colour, the development of a rope-like construction
when older, and the epiphytic habit.
Similar species: species of Cladophora, such as
Cladophora rupestris.
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