Colaconema elegans is a species of marine red algae. It is found in Korea, California and Brazil. It is parasitic in the stipe of Eisenia arborea.[2]

Colaconema elegans
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Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Colaconematales
Family: Colaconemataceae
Genus: Colaconema
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Colaconema elegans
(K.M.Drew) I.-K.Hwang & H.-S.Kim, 2011[1]
Synonyms
  • Rhodochorton elegans K.M.Drew 1928
  • Acrochaetium elegans (K.M.Drew) Papenfuss 1945
  • Audouinella elegans (K.M.Drew) Y.-P.Lee 1987

References

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  1. ^ Hwang, I.-K. & Kim, H.-S. (2011). Algal flora of Korea. Volume 4, Number 2. Rhodophyta: Florideophyceae, Nemaliophycidae: Acrochaetiales, Colaconematales, Palmariales, Nemaliales. Nemalian red algae. pp. [1-6], 1-111, figs 1-66. Incheon: National Institute of Biological Resources
  2. ^ Herb, Univ. Calif. 294555 (Drew 1928: 181)
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