Atractophora
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Subclass: | Rhodymeniophycidae |
| Genus: | Atractophora P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan |
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Rhododiscus P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1859[1] | |
Atractophora is a monotypic genus of red algae of the family Atractophoraceae (within the Order Atractophorales).[2] It only contains one known species Atractophora hypnoides P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1848.[3]
It is found in the European Atlantic Ocean, close to the coasts of Great Britain and Denmark.[4] Tt 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).[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Atractophora H.M.Crouan & P.L.Crouan, 1848". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Taxonomy Browser :: AlgaeBase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Atractophora P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1848". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 14 December 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
External links[edit]
Data related to Atractophora at Wikispecies
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