Ahnfeltia plicata

Ahnfeltia plicata
Ahnfeltia plicata
Scientific classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ahnfeltiales
Family: Ahnfeltiaceae
Genus: Ahnfeltia
Species:
A. plicata
Binomial name
Ahnfeltia plicata
(Hudson) E.M.Fries, 1836
Synonyms
  • Fucus albus Hudson, 1762
  • Fucus plicatus Hudson, 1762
  • Gigartina confervoides var. plicata (Esper) Lyngbye, 1819
  • Gigartina plicata (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux
  • Gymnogongrus comosus Kützing, 1869
  • Gymnogongrus plicatus (Hudson) Kützing
  • Porphyrodiscus simulans Batters, 1897
  • Sphaerococcus plicatus (Hudson) C.Agardh, 1817
  • Sterrocolax decipiens F.Schmitz, 1893
  • Tylocarpus plicatus (Hudson) Kützing, 1843

Ahnfeltia plicata, the landlady's wig, is a species of red alga in the family Ahnfeltiaceae. It grows in northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean.

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