Acanthophora

Acanthophora is a genus of marine red algae in the family Rhodomelaceae.There are 26 species (and infraspecific) names in the AlgaeBase database at present, of which 7 have been flagged as currently accepted taxonomically.

Acanthophora is also a synonym for Aralia. For the section of Solanum, see Solanum sect. Acanthophora.

Acanthophora
Acanthophora spicifera
Scientific classification
Clade:	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Ceramiales
Family:	Rhodomelaceae
Genus:	Acanthophora J. V. F. Lamouroux

Species

Species in the genus Acanthophora include:

• Acanthophora dendroides
• Acanthophora spicifera
• Acanthophora aokii^[1]
• Acanthophora muscoides^[2]
• Acanthophora nayadiformis^[3]
• Acanthophora pacifica^[4]
• Acanthophora ramulosa^[5]

References

• World Register of Marine Species ^[6]
• AlgaeBase^[7]

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Acanthophora aokii Okamura, 1934".
2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Acanthophora muscoides (Linnaeus) Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828".
3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Acanthophora nayadiformis (Delile) Papenfuss, 1968".
4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Acanthophora pacifica (Setchell) Kraft, 1979".
5. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Acanthophora ramulosa Lindenberg ex Kützing, 1843".
6. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Acanthophora J.V.Lamouroux, 1813".
7. "Acanthophora J.V.Lamouroux, 1813 :: Algaebase".