Plocamium

Plocamium
Plocamium corallorhiza from South Africa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Plocamiales
Family: Plocamiaceae
Genus: Plocamium
J.V. Lamouroux, 1813
Type species
Fucus cartilagineus
Linnaeus, 1753
Plocamium sp. from South Africa

Plocamium is a genus of red algae in the family Plocamiaceae. It contains around 40 species and has a cosmopolitan distribution in temperate seas. Plocamium has erect elliptical thalli that grow up to 50 cm (20 in) in length. They are bright red in color with strongly flattened delicately branching fronds that further divide into two to five smaller branchlets.[1][2]

Species classified under the genus include the following:[3][4]

Accepted species
Nomina dubia:

References

  1. "Plocamium: the delicate beauty". MBARI, Phycological Society of America. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  2. M.D. Guiry (2012). "Plocamium J.V.Lamouroux, 1813: 137". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  3. Nilauro Markus, Marla Ranelletti, & Christopher Loo (1999). "World Distribution of Plocamium sp.". Plocamium pacificum. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  4. M.D. Guiry (2012). M. D. Guiry & G. M. Guiry, ed. "Plocamium J.V. Lamouroux, 1813". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
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