Pyrophyllon subtumens
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| Pyrophyllon subtumens | |
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| Cross-section of a Durvillaea antarctica frond, showing Pyrophyllon subtumens growing on the outer surface | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Compsopogonophyceae |
| Order: | Erythropeltidales |
| Family: | Erythrotrichiaceae |
| Genus: | Pyrophyllon |
| Species: | P. subtumens |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrophyllon subtumens (J. Agardh ex R.M. Laing) W.A. Nelson 2003 | |
Pyrophyllon subtumens is an obligate red algal epiphyte of Durvillaea southern bull-kelp, and is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2]
