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Name derivation:
Antithamnion= Gr. anti: opposite + thamion: a small bush or shrub Common name: opposite bushlet or opposite shrub Or: Opposite Branching Primitive shrub" -- Opposite Anti- shrub –thamnion
Classification:
Antithamnion Nägeli, 1847; There are 189 species of which 45 species have been taxonomically accepted. Order Ceramiales; Family Ceramiaceae; Subfamily Ceramioideae; Tribe Antithamnieae
Morphology:
A small ceramialean red alga with branched filaments occurring oppositely; species delineations based branching patter, + or – of cortical coverings, and characters of gland cells.
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Habitat:
Typically found within the sublittoral zone or lowest littoral (in tide pools)
References:
Abbott I. A. and G. J. Hollenberg. 1976, Marine Algae of California. Stanford University Press, Stanford, xii + 827 pp. Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 September 2013. Maggs, C.A. and M. H. Hommersand. 1993. Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 3A. Ceramiales. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London. xv + 444 pp. Taylor, W. R. 1957. Marine Algae of the Northeastern Coast of North America. Revised edition. Univ. Michigan Press., Ann Arbor, ix + 509 pp.