Acrochaetium efflorescens

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Acrochaetium efflorescens
Scientific classification edit
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Acrochaetiales
Family:
Genus: Acrochaetium
Species:
A. efflorescens
Binomial name
Acrochaetium efflorescens
(J.Agardh) Nageli

Acrochaetium efflorescens is a small marine red alga. It is a small alga with erect filaments and spiral shaped plastids. The base is multicellular. The species shows an alternation of generations with both tetrasporic and gametophytic stages. It is found in the North Atlantic and has been recorded as an epiphyte on .[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Clayden, S.L.; Saunders, G.W. (2008), "Resurrecting the Red Algal Genus Grania within the order Acrochaetiales (Florideophyceae, Rhodophyta).", Eur. J. Phycol., 43 (2): 151–162, doi:10.1080/09670260801896630


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