Biology:Leptofauchea coralligena
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Short description: Species of alga
| Leptofauchea coralligena | |
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Rhodymeniales |
| Family: | Faucheaceae |
| Genus: | Leptofauchea |
| Species: | L. coralligena
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptofauchea coralligena De Clerck
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Leptofauchea coralligena is a species of red algae that was first discovered in the Mediterranean Sea in 2007. Molecular analysis determined that Rhodymenia ardissonei was in fact two distinct species. Rhodymenia ardissonei lives in relatively shallow water whereas Leptofauchea coralligena lives in deeper waters.[1]
References
- ↑ Rodriguez-Prieto, CONXI; Olivier de Clerck (2009). "Leptofauchea coralligena (Faucheaceae, Rhodophyta), a new species from the Mediterranean Sea". European Journal of Phycology 44 (1): 107–121. doi:10.1080/09670260802357111. http://www.informaworld.com/index/908652311.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q6528106 entry
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