Plocamium

Plocamium is a genus of red algae in the family Plocamiaceae. It contains around 40 species and has a cosmopolitan distribution in temperate seas. Plocamium has erect elliptical thalli that grow up to 50 cm (20 in) in length. They are bright red in color with strongly flattened delicately branching fronds that further divide into two to five smaller branchlets.[1][2]

Plocamium
Plocamium corallorhiza from South Africa
Scientific classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Plocamiales
Family: Plocamiaceae
Genus: Plocamium
J.V. Lamouroux, 1813
Type species
Fucus cartilagineus
Linnaeus, 1753
Plocamium sp. from South Africa

Species classified under the genus include the following:[3][4]

Accepted species
  • Plocamium affine Kützing, 1849
  • Plocamium angustum (J.Agardh) J.D.Hooker & Harvey, 1847
  • Plocamium beckeri F.Schmitz ex Simons, 1964
  • Plocamium brachiocarpum Kützing, 1849
  • Plocamium brasiliense (Greville) M.A.Howe & W.R.Taylor, 1931
  • Plocamium cartilagineum (Linnaeus) P.S.Dixon, 1967
  • Plocamium cirrhosum (Turner) M.J.Wynne, 2002
  • Plocamium corallorhiza (Turner) J.D.Hooker & Harvey, 1845
  • Plocamium cornutum (Turner) Harvey, 1849
  • Plocamium cruciferum Harvey, 1855
  • Plocamium delicatulum Baardseth, 1941
  • Plocamium dilatatum J.Agardh, 1876
  • Plocamium fimbriatum M.J.Wynne, 2002
  • Plocamium fuscorubrum Baardseth, 1941
  • Plocamium glomeratum J.Agardh, 1851
  • Plocamium hamatum J.Agardh, 1876
  • Plocamium hookeri Harvey, 1845
  • Plocamium leptophyllum Kützing, 1849
  • Plocamium maggsiae G.W.Saunders & K.V.Lehmkuhl, 2005
  • Plocamium maxillosum (Poiret) J.V.Lamouroux, 1813
  • Plocamium mertensii (Greville) Harvey, 1847
  • Plocamium microcladioides G.R.South & N.M.Adams, 1979
  • Plocamium minutum Levring, 1944
  • Plocamium nanum G.W.Saunders & K.V.Lehmkuhl, 2005
  • Plocamium oregonum Doty, 1947
  • Plocamium ovicornis Okamura, 1896
  • Plocamium patagiatum J.Agardh, 1894
  • Plocamium patens G.Martens, 1868
  • Plocamium preissianum Sonder, 1845
  • Plocamium raphelisianum P.J.L.Dangeard, 1949
  • Plocamium recurvatum Okamura, 1913
  • Plocamium rigidum Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1834
  • Plocamium sandvicense J.Agardh, 1892
  • Plocamium secundatum(Kützing) Kützing, 1866
  • Plocamium serratulum Okamura
  • Plocamium serrulatumOkamura, 1932
  • Plocamium suhrii Kützing, 1849
  • Plocamium telfairiae (W.J.Hooker & Harvey) Harvey ex Kützing, 1849
  • Plocamium violaceum Farlow, 1877
Nomina dubia:
  • Plocamium concinnum Areschoug
  • Plocamium froelichianum Kützing
  • Plocamium subtile Kützing, 1866

References
  1. "Plocamium: the delicate beauty". MBARI, Phycological Society of America. Archived from the original on July 12, 2004. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  2. M.D. Guiry (2012). "Plocamium J.V.Lamouroux, 1813: 137". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  3. Nilauro Markus; Marla Ranelletti & Christopher Loo (1999). "World Distribution of Plocamium sp". Plocamium pacificum. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  4. M.D. Guiry (2012). Guiry MD, Guiry GM (eds.). "Plocamium J.V. Lamouroux, 1813". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
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