Phyllophora pseudoceranoides
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| Phyllophora pseudoceranoides | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Gigartinales |
| Family: | Phyllophoraceae |
| Genus: | Phyllophora |
| Species: | P. pseudoceranoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllophora pseudoceranoides (S.G. Gmelin) Newroth & A.R.A. Taylor ex P.S .Dixon & L.M. Irvine | |
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides, the stalked leaf bearer, is a small marine red alga.[1]
This red alga grows to a length of 10 cm (3.9 in). The frond is generally flattened and fan shaped, growing from a discoid holdfast forming a terete stipe with flattened branches dividing dichotomously as a blade with rounded apices.[2][3] The medulla, the inner parts of the frond, is composed of large thick walled cells, closely packed become smaller towards the cortex.[3]