Lithophyllum orbiculatum

Lithophyllum orbiculatum is a species of thalloid coralline algae, which are a red algae whose cell walls contain calcareous deposits.

Lithophyllum orbiculatum
Lithophyllum orbiculatum from Castalia, Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada
Scientific classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Corallinales
Family: Corallinaceae
Genus: Lithophyllum
Species:
L. orbiculatum
Binomial name
Lithophyllum orbiculatum
(Foslie) Foslie 1900
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