Pneophyllum is a genus of multicellular red algae in the family Corallinaceae and subfamily Mastophoroideae.[1][2]

Pneophyllum
Pair of Priacanthus hamrur above coral with patches of Pneophyllum conicum at Marsa Shouna, Red Sea, Egypt
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Corallinales
Family: Corallinaceae
Subfamily: Mastophoroideae
Genus: Pneophyllum
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Species

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This genus includes the following species:

References

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  1. ^ Aguirre, Julio; Perfectti, Francisco; Braga, Juan (1 December 2010), "Integrating Phylogeny, Molecular Clocks, and the Fossil Fecord in the Evolution of Coralline Algae (Corallinales and Sporolithales, Rhodophyta)", Paleobiology, 36 (4): 519–533, doi:10.1666/09041.1
  2. ^ Krings, Thomas; Taylor, Edith; Taylor, Michael (2009), Paleobotany (2nd ed.), Amsterdam: Academic Press, p. 149, ISBN 0123739721