Stylonema is a genus of red algae, common in Australian waters. It is distinguishable from other species of red algae by the width of the filaments of its thallus, being only one cell across.[2]

Stylonema
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Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Stylonematophyceae
Order: Stylonematales
Family: Stylonemataceae
Genus: Stylonema
Reinsch 1875[1]
Species

It includes the species Stylonema alsidii.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Reinsch, P.F. (1875 '1874/75'). Contributiones ad algologiam et fungologiam. Vol. 1. Norimbergae: Typis Theodor Haesslein
  2. ^ a b John Marinus Huisman (2000). Marine plants of Australia. UWA Publishing. pp. 26–. ISBN 978-1-876268-33-6. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
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