Cryptopleura ramosa (Hudson) Kylin ex Newton
Description: Thin, membranous, brownish red fronds, to 200 mm
long. Frond ± dichotomously divided, becoming irregular in upper
parts. Frond iridescent, with undulate, often proliferous margins, sometimes
with flattened hooks or with rhizoidal attachment processes. Very variable
in growth from.
Habitat: On rock and Laminaria hyperborea stipes, lower intertidal and subtidal, generally distributed, common.
Notes: Gonimophyllum buffhamii, a minute parasite, occurs
rarely on subtidal plants of Cryptopleura on southern and western
coasts.
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