🌿 Family

Phyllophoraceae

3 species · Plants

Plantae › Rhodophyta › Florideophyceae › Gigartinales › Phyllophoraceae

Mastocarpus papillatus is an edible northeastern Pacific red alga with a complex life cycle and multiple common names.

Mastocarpus stellatus is a reddish-brown intertidal red alga harvested for carrageenan for food and pharmaceutical uses.

Gymnogongrus durvillei is a red alga in the Phyllophoraceae family found in temperate Pacific coastal marine habitats.

Related Families

Gigartinaceae 3 species Dumontiaceae 2 species Endocladiaceae 2 species Furcellariaceae 1 species

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