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Lithothamnion
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Lithothamnion is a genus of thalloid red alga comprising 103 species. Its members are known by a number of common names.[note 1] The monomerous, crustose thalli are composed of a single system of filaments which grow close to the underlying surface. Lithothamnion reproduces by means of multiporate conceptacles.
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L. glaciale showing conceptacles. Millimetre scale | |
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(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Corallinales |
Family: | Hapalidiaceae |
Genus: | Lithothamnion Heydrich, 1897 |
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