| Hildenbrandia rivularis | |
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| Hildenbrandia rivularis forming a crusted coating on the stone (for illustration purposes, the stone was taken out of the water) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Hildenbrandiales |
| Family: | Hildenbrandiaceae |
| Genus: | Hildenbrandia |
| Species: | H. rivularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hildenbrandia rivularis (Liebm.) J.Agardh 1851:379, 495[1]
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Hildenbrandia rivularis is a species of freshwater red algae. It forms red, crusty thalli on stones submerged in water, typically in streams and rivers, less commonly in lakes and brackish parts of seas. It occurs in scattered locations on almost all continents. The species was formerly considered an indicator of clean or slightly polluted waters. The scientific genus name is sometimes spelled in various orthographic variants, especially as Hildenbrandtia. The life cycle of this species was described by the Polish hydrobiologist Karol Starmach.
- ^ Agardh, Jakob Georg (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 1 (PDF). pp. 337–351, 351–506.