Phymatolithon is a genus of non geniculate coralline red algae, known from the UK,[3] and Australia.[4] It is encrusting, flat, and unbranched; it has tetrasporangia and bisporangia borne in multiporate conceptacles.[3] Some of its cells bear small holes in the middle; this distinctive thallus texture is termed a "Leptophytum-type" thallus surface, and has been posited as a taxonomically informative character.[3] It periodically sloughs off its epithallus, reducing its overgrowth by algae by as much as 50% compared to bare rock.[5]
Phymatolithon is a genus of non geniculate coralline red algae, known from the UK, and Australia. It is encrusting, flat, and unbranched; it has tetrasporangia and bisporangia borne in multiporate conceptacles. Some of its cells bear small holes in the middle; this distinctive thallus texture is termed a "Leptophytum-type" thallus surface, and has been posited as a taxonomically informative character. It periodically sloughs off its epithallus, reducing its overgrowth by algae by as much as 50% compared to bare rock.
Phymatolithon est un genre d’algues rouges de la famille des Hapalidiaceae et de la sous-famille des Melobesioideae produisant des concrétions calcaires.
Selon AlgaeBase (6 déc. 2012)[1] :
Selon Catalogue of Life (6 déc. 2012)[2] :
Selon World Register of Marine Species (6 déc. 2012)[5] :
Phymatolithon est un genre d’algues rouges de la famille des Hapalidiaceae et de la sous-famille des Melobesioideae produisant des concrétions calcaires.
Phymatolithon Foslie, 1898 é o nome botânico de um gênero de algas vermelhas pluricelulares da família Hapalidiaceae, subfamília Melobesioideae.
Atualmente apresenta 11 espécies taxonomicamente aceitas, entre elas:
Phymatolithon Foslie, 1898 é o nome botânico de um gênero de algas vermelhas pluricelulares da família Hapalidiaceae, subfamília Melobesioideae.