Cheilosporum
Genus of algae
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Cheilosporum is a genus of red algae in the family Corallinaceae.
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| Cheilosporum | |
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| Corallina planiuscula Kütz. (type of) - Cheilosporum planiusculum (Kütz.) Yendo (species) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Corallinales |
| Family: | Corallinaceae |
| Subfamily: | Corallinoideae |
| Genus: | Cheilosporum (Decaisne) Zanardini 1844[1] |
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The arrow coralline Cheilosporum sagittatum (Lamouroux) Areschoug is a seaweed of temperate waters of Australia (from Perth, Western Australia, to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, and around Tasmania).[2]
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).[3]