''Stylonema'' is a genus of
red algae
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, common in
Australia
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n waters. It is distinguishable from other species of red algae by the width of the filaments of its
thallus
Thallus (: thalli), from Latinized Greek (), meaning "a green shoot" or "twig", is the vegetative tissue of some organisms in diverse groups such as algae, fungi, some liverworts, lichens, and the Myxogastria. A thallus usually names the entir ...
, being only one cell across.
It includes the species ''
Stylonema alsidii
''Stylonema alsidii'' is a species of marine red algae. The type locality is Trieste, Italy, but it has a worldwide distribution.
The species was first described by Giovanni Zanardini in 1840 as ''Bangia alsidii''.
Distribution
It is one of the ...
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References
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Stylonematophyceae
Red algae genera
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