''Cheilosporum'' is a genus of red algae in the family
Corallinaceae
The Corallinaceae are one of the two extant Coralline families of red algae; they are differentiated from the morphologically similar Sporolithaceae by their formation of grouped sporangial chambers, clustered into sori. The Corallinoideae ...
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Cheilosporum sagittatum
''Cheilosporum'' is a genus of red algae in the family Corallinaceae
The Corallinaceae are one of the two extant Coralline families of red algae; they are differentiated from the morphologically similar Sporolithaceae by their formation of ...
'' (Lamouroux) Areschoug is a
seaweed of temperate waters of Australia (from Perth, Western Australia, to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, and around Tasmania).
Species formerly placed in the genus
''
Arthrocardia corymbosa'' (Lamarck) Decaisne 1842, syn. ''Cheilosporum corymbosum'' (Lamarck) Decaisne 1842, is a
red alga of South Africa (Southern Cape Peninsula eastward).
[Stegenga, H., Bolton, J.J., & Anderson, R.J. 1997. Seaweeds of the South African West Coast. Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town. ]
References
External links
''Cheilosporum'' at algaebase.org
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Corallinaceae
Red algae genera