Palmophyllum crassum (Naccari) Rabenh. is a plant in the Palmophyllaceae family, order Palmophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Palmophyllum crassum (Naccari) Rabenh. (Palmophyllum crassum (Naccari) Rabenh.)
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Palmophyllum crassum (Naccari) Rabenh.

Palmophyllum crassum (Naccari) Rabenh.

Palmophyllum crassum is a cosmopolitan deep-sea algae species that forms gelatinous thalli attached to hard or algal substrates.

Family
Palmophyllaceae
Genus
Palmophyllum
Order
Palmophyllales
Class
Palmophyllophyceae

About Palmophyllum crassum (Naccari) Rabenh.

Palmophyllum crassum (Naccari) Rabenh. is a species of algae. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, and is found in deep seawater habitats. Palmophyllum crassum grows as thalli that attach to substrates including rocks and other algae. Its thalli are made up of spherical green cells held within a gelatinous matrix.

Photo: (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Julien Renoult · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae › Chlorophyta › Palmophyllophyceae › Palmophyllales › Palmophyllaceae › Palmophyllum

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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