Phyllophora antarctica
Species of red alga that grows on the underside of sea ice in Antarctica / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Phyllophora antarctica is a species of red alga in the family Phyllophoraceae. It is native to Antarctica where it grows in dim light on the underside of sea ice.[2] Some of it becomes detached and accumulates in drifts on the seabed. Many different organisms live attached to the fronds or among them.
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Phyllophora antarctica | |
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Frozen sample of P. antarctica with serpulid worms | |
Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Gigartinales |
Family: | Phyllophoraceae |
Genus: | Phyllophora |
Species: | P. antarctica |
Binomial name | |
Phyllophora antarctica | |
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