[1] Ceramium pallidum is a small filamentous, regularly branched delicate alga.

[2] The axes can reach 12 cm long and are attached by multicellular rhizoids.

The structure is basically of a monosiphonous axis and erect branches with strongly inrolled apices.

Spermatangial sori occur on young axes and cystocarps contain numerous carposporangia.

[3] Recorded from the coasts of Great Britain, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Portogal, Spain (including the Canary Islands), and Morocco.