Stylonema alsidii
Species of alga
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Stylonema alsidii is a species of marine red algae. The type locality is Trieste, Italy, but it has a worldwide distribution.
| Stylonema alsidii | |
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| Stylonema alsidii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Stylonematophyceae |
| Order: | Stylonematales |
| Family: | Stylonemataceae |
| Genus: | Stylonema |
| Species: | S. alsidii |
| Binomial name | |
| Stylonema alsidii | |
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The species was first described by Giovanni Zanardini in 1840 as Bangia alsidii.[2][3]
Distribution
It is one of the algae of the Houtman Abrolhos, found off the coast of Western Australia.[4] It is one of the red seaweeds of South Africa, including the seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay.
Ecology
It is susceptible to infection by the parasitic oomycete Pythium porphyrae.[5]
