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Colaconema

Genus of algae

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Colaconema is a genus of marine red algae. It is the only genus in the family Colaconemataceae J.T.Harper & G.W.Saunders which is the only family in Order Colaconematales J.T.Harper & G.W.Saunders.

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

01Species

As accepted by AlgaeBase;

Colaconema caespitosum
Colaconema caespitosum

02Other sources

  • Kylin, H. (1956). Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen. pp. i-xv, 1-673, 458 figs. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerups.
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