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Gymnothamnion elegans

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Division
  
Rhodophyta

Order
  
Ceramiales

Genus
  
Gymnothamnion

Class
  
Florideophyceae

Family
  
Wrangeliaceae

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Ceramium diaphanum, Erythrotrichia, Callithamnion

Gymnothamnion elegans (syn. Callithamnion elegans Schousboe ex C.Agardh 1828) is a red alga species in the genus Gymnothamnion found in South Africa from Bakoven on Cape Peninsula to KwaZulu-Natal.

Subspecies

  • Gymnothamnion elegans var. bisporum Stegenga 1986, (Hout Bay to East London, endemic)
  • References

    Gymnothamnion elegans Wikipedia