Hildenbrandia | |
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The darker red alga encrusting this rock fragment is H. crouaniorum | |
SEM of a H. rivularis gemma. Scale bar: 50 μm | |
Scientific classification | |
Clade: | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Hildenbrandiales |
Family: | Hildenbrandiaceae |
Genus: | Hildenbrandia Nardo, 1834 |
Synonyms | |
Hildenbrandtia |
Hildenbrandia is a genus of thalloid red alga comprising about 26 species. The slow-growing, non-mineralized thalli take a crustose form.[1] Hildenbrandia reproduces by means of conceptacles and produces tetraspores.