| Phyllophora antarctica | |
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| Frozen sample of P. antarctica with serpulid worms | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Gigartinales |
| Family: | Phyllophoraceae |
| Genus: | Phyllophora |
| Species: | P. antarctica
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllophora antarctica | |
Phyllophora antarctica is a species of red alga in the family Phyllophoraceae. It is native to Antarctica where it grows in dim light on the underside of sea ice.[2] Some of it becomes detached and accumulates in drifts on the seabed. Many different organisms live attached to the fronds or among them.
- ^ Guiry, Michael D. (2015). "Phyllophora antarctica A.Gepp & E.S.Gepp, 1905". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ Seckbach; Joseph (2007). Algae and Cyanobacteria in Extreme Environments. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-4020-6112-7.