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Plocamium
Plocamium is a genus of red algae in the family Plocamiaceae. It contains around 40 species and has a cosmopolitan distribution in temperate seas. Plocamium has erect elliptical thalli that grow up to in length. They are bright red in color with strongly flattened delicately branching fronds that further divide into two to five smaller branchlets.
Species classified under the genus include the following:
Accepted species:- Plocamium affine Kützing, 1849
- Plocamium angustum (J.Agardh) J.D.Hooker & Harvey, 1847
- Plocamium beckeri F.Schmitz ex Simons, 1964
- Plocamium brachiocarpum Kützing, 1849
- Plocamium brasiliense (Greville) M.A.Howe & W.R.Taylor, 1931
- Plocamium cartilagineum (Linnaeus) P.S.Dixon, 1967
- Plocamium cirrhosum (Turner) M.J.Wynne, 2002
- Plocamium corallorhiza (Turner) J.D.Hooker & Harvey, 1845
- Plocamium cornutum (Turner) Harvey, 1849
- Plocamium cruciferum Harvey, 1855
- Plocamium delicatulum Baardseth, 1941
- Plocamium dilatatum J.Agardh, 1876
- Plocamium fimbriatum M.J.Wynne, 2002
- Plocamium fuscorubrum Baardseth, 1941
- Plocamium glomeratum J.Agardh, 1851
- Plocamium hamatum J.Agardh, 1876
- Plocamium hookeri Harvey, 1845
- Plocamium leptophyllum Kützing, 1849
- Plocamium maggsiae G.W.Saunders & K.V.Lehmkuhl, 2005
- Plocamium maxillosum (Poiret) J.V.Lamouroux, 1813
- Plocamium mertensii (Greville) Harvey, 1847
- Plocamium microcladioides G.R.South & N.M.Adams, 1979
- Plocamium minutum Levring, 1944
- Plocamium nanum G.W.Saunders & K.V.Lehmkuhl, 2005
- Plocamium oregonum Doty, 1947
- Plocamium ovicornis Okamura, 1896
- Plocamium patagiatum J.Agardh, 1894
- Plocamium patens G.Martens, 1868
- Plocamium preissianum Sonder, 1845
- Plocamium raphelisianum P.J.L.Dangeard, 1949
- Plocamium recurvatum Okamura, 1913
- Plocamium rigidum Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1834
- Plocamium sandvicense J.Agardh, 1892
- Plocamium secundatum(Kützing) Kützing, 1866
- Plocamium serratulum Okamura
- Plocamium serrulatumOkamura, 1932
- Plocamium suhrii Kützing, 1849
- Plocamium telfairiae (W.J.Hooker & Harvey) Harvey ex Kützing, 1849
- Plocamium violaceum Farlow, 1877
- Plocamium concinnum Areschoug
- Plocamium froelichianum Kützing
- Plocamium subtile Kützing, 1866