Lithothamnion
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Lithothamnion Temporal range: Cretaceous–Recent |
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| L. glaciale showing conceptacles. Millimetre scale | |
| Scientific classification | |
| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Corallinales |
| Family: | Hapalidiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Melobesioideae |
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Lithothamnion Heydrich, 1897 |
Lithothamnion is a genus of thalloid red alga comprising 103 species. Its members are known by a number of common names. The monomerous, crustose thalli are composed of a single system of filaments which grow close to the underlying surface. Lithothamnion reproduces by means of multiporate conceptacles.
The valid species currently considered to belong to this genus are:
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