Leptofauchea coralligena is a species of red algae that was first discovered in the Mediterranean Sea in 2007. Molecular analysis determined that Rhodymenia ardissonei was in fact two distinct species. Rhodymenia ardissonei lives in relatively shallow water whereas Leptofauchea coralligena lives in deeper waters.[1]
| Leptofauchea coralligena | |
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Rhodymeniales |
| Family: | Faucheaceae |
| Genus: | Leptofauchea |
| Species: | L. coralligena
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptofauchea coralligena De Clerck
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References edit
- ^ Rodriguez-Prieto, CONXI; Olivier de Clerck (2009). "Leptofauchea coralligena (Faucheaceae, Rhodophyta), a new species from the Mediterranean Sea" (PDF). European Journal of Phycology. 44 (1): 107–121. doi:10.1080/09670260802357111. S2CID 62894385.
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