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Classification:
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Titanoderma Nageli 1858; 9 of 34 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2016)Order Corallinales; Family CorallinaceaeSynonym: Dermatolithon
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Irregularly shaped crusts, epilithic or epiphytic, heavily calcified.First and second order branches may be present, growing at right angles to each other. Gametophytes are dioecious (Ibid., Mathieson and Dawes 2008).
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Marine, subtropical shallow habitats. Reported from Florida, the Bahamas, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, the Mediterranean, the Madiera Archipelago, the Red Sea, Tahiland, Fiji and Australia (Ibid.).
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Dawes, C.J. and A.C. Mathieson 2008. Seaweeds of Florida. University Press of Florida (592 pp). Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 September 2013. Nägeli, C. 1858. Die Stärkekörner. In:Pflanzenphysiologisce Untersuchungen. (Nägeli, C. & Cramer, C. Eds) Vol. 2, pp. i-x, 1-623. Zürich
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