ceramidium

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English

Noun

ceramidium (plural ceramidia)

  1. (phycology) In macroalgae in the Rhodomelaceae family, the urn-shaped envelope surrounding the sporogenous filaments of the cystocarp[1]

References

  1. ^ Wikisource (2017 October 16) “1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Algae/Rhodophyceae”, in Wikisource (html), retrieved 28 August 2019