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Porolithon
Sign in to savePorolithon is a genus of coralline red algae. Porolithon are the primary reef building algae. When coral reefs reach sea level, many corals break under the high energy impact of the waves, while coralline red algae, primarily Porolithon, continuing building and cementing the reef structure.
Species
ポロリトン属
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumRhodophyta
- ClassFlorideophyceae
- OrderCorallinales
- FamilyPorolithaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 255
- With media
- 84
- Family
- Porolithaceae
- Collections
- MHN-UABCS, NCU, US
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Comoros, Marshall Islands
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Corallinaceae
- Image
- Porolithon pachydermum (calcareous red algae) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 4 (16053320071).jpg
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Porolithon is a genus of coralline red algae. Porolithon are the primary reef building algae. When coral reefs reach sea level, many corals break under the high energy impact of the waves, while coralline red algae, primarily Porolithon, continuing building and cementing the reef structure.
== Taxonomy == Porolithon was a member of the family Corallinaceae until 2018 when it was moved into a new family Porolithaceae. The genus currently comprises 24 species, although more have been recently proposed based on genomic analyses.
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