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Name derivation:
Classification:
Amphiroa J.V. Lamouroux 1812; 54 of 229 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2016). Order Corallinales; Family Corallinaceae
Morphology:
Small thalli up to 5 cm tall, calcified, light pink in color, attached with crust-like holdfasts. Dichotomously branched mostly at joints, in one plane, branches often recurved (Dawes and Mathieson 2008). .
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Habitat:
Marine, subtropical to tropical, widespread, reported from Florida, the Carolinas, Venezuela, Columbia, Mexico, eastern North and South Atlantic, Lesser Antilles, the Cribbean, Brazil, Uruguay, Mauritius and Australia. (Ibid.).
References:
Dawes, C.J. and A.C. Mathieson 2008. Seaweeds of Florida. University Press of Florida (592 pp). Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 May 2016. Lamouroux, [J.V.F.] 1812. Extrait d'un mémoire sur la classification des Polypiers coralligènes non entièrement pierreux. Nouveaux Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris 3: 181-188.