Synarthrophyton
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| Synarthrophyton | |
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| Synarthrophyton eckloniae on stipe of Ecklonia maxima | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Corallinales |
| Family: | Hapalidiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Melobesioideae |
| Genus: | Synarthrophyton Townsend, 1979[1] |
Synarthrophyton is a genus of thalloid red algae comprising eight species. The monomerous, crustose thalli are composed of a single system of filaments which grow close to the underlying surface. Synarthrophyton reproduces by means of flask-shaped multiporate conceptacles; it produces tetraspores and dispores. Mucus plugs the opening of young conceptacles, which open as they mature.[2]
