Hildenbrandia

Hildenbrandia
The darker red alga encrusting this rock fragment is H. crouaniorum
SEM of a H. rivularis gemma. Scale bar: 50 μm
Scientific classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Hildenbrandiales
Family: Hildenbrandiaceae
Genus: Hildenbrandia
Nardo, 1834
Synonyms

Hildenbrandtia

Hildenbrandia is a genus of thalloid red alga comprising about 26 species. The slow-growing, non-mineralized thalli take a crustose form. Hildenbrandia reproduces by means of conceptacles and produces tetraspores.

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