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Acanthophora
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Acanthophora

Acanthophora is a genus of marine red algae in the family Rhodomelaceae.There are 26 species (and infraspecific) names in the AlgaeBase database at present, of which 7 have been flagged as currently accepted taxonomically.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

prickly seaweed

speciesAcanthophora spicifera

Acanthophora pacifica

speciesAcanthophora pacifica

Acanthophora muscoides

speciesAcanthophora muscoides

Acanthophora nayadiformis

speciesAcanthophora nayadiformis

Acanthophora ramulosa

speciesAcanthophora ramulosa

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 199675.