''Leptocladia'' is a genus of
red algae
Red algae, or Rhodophyta (, ; ), make up one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. The Rhodophyta comprises one of the largest Phylum, phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 recognized species within over 900 Genus, genera amidst ongoing taxon ...
known from the warm temperate
eastern Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the conti ...
.
Species
Some species include:
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L. binghamiae''
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L. binhamiae''
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L. laxa''
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L. peruviana''
References
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Dumontiaceae
Red algae genera
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