Atractophora
Appearance
Atractophora | |
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Scientific classification | |
Clade: | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Subclass: | Rhodymeniophycidae |
Genus: | Atractophora P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan |
Synonyms | |
Rhododiscus P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1859[1] |
Atractophora is a monotypic genus of red algae of the family Naccariaceae. It only contains one known species Atractophora hypnoides P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1848.[2]
It is found in the European Atlantic Ocean, it has a very simple type of vegetative growth. It has lateral filaments which are at an irregular sequence, becoming quadriverticillate (type of branching pattern). A second whorl can be produced under the first growth, especially in tips of fertile thalli (green shoots).[3]
References
- ^ "Atractophora H.M.Crouan & P.L.Crouan, 1848". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Atractophora hypnoides P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1848". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ David J. Garbary and G. Robin South (editors)Evolutionary Biogeography of the Marine Algae of the North Atlantic (2013), p. 358, at Google Books
- Data related to Atractophora at Wikispecies