Porolithon

Porolithon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Corallinales
Family:	Corallinaceae
Genus:	Porolithon; Foslie, 1909

Porolithon is a genus of red algae comprising 24 species.^[1] The Porolithon are the primary reef building algae. When coral reefs reach sea level, the corals break under the high energy impact of the waves, while the coralline red algae, primarily Porolithon, continuing building and cementing the reef structure.^[2]

Species[]

Accepted species in the genus are:^[3]

(Foslie) Foslie
(Foslie & M.Howe) Foslie & M.Howe
E.Y.Dawson
Masaki
R.A.Townsend & G.W.Saunders
(Foslie & M.Howe) M.Howe
R.A.Townsend & Huisman
W.R.Taylor
(Foslie) W.H.Adey
(Heydrich) Foslie - tip
R.A.Townsend & P.W.Gabrielson
(Foslie) Foslie
(Foslie) Foslie
E.Y.Dawson

References[]

^ ^a ^b "WoRMS: Porolithon". World Register of Marine Species.
^ Lee, Robert Edward (1999). Phycology. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-63883-6.
^ Algaebase Retrieved on 28 September 2020.

Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Porolithon". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.

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[:0-1] "WoRMS: Porolithon". World Register of Marine Species.

[Lee1999-2] Lee, Robert Edward (1999). Phycology. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-63883-6.

[3] Algaebase Retrieved on 28 September 2020.

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