species: Porolithon onkodes in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Porolithon onkodes


©Emma Kennedy: The pink parts in this photo are Porolithon onkodes forming a stony crust over pieces of coral rubble at Lizard Island.
Kingdom Plantae
Division Rhodophyta
Class Florideophyceae
Order Corallinales
Family Corallinaceae
Genus Porolithon
Species Porolithon onkodes

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Distinguishing features

A dull pink, stony, crustose coralline algae that forms extensive crusts with no branches. Common on exposed reef crests.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Littler, D.S. and M.M. Littler (2003). South Pacific Reef Plants: A diver's guide to the plant life of South Pacific coral reefs. Offshore Graphics Inc, Washington DC, USA.

Other references

  • Bassi, D., J.C. Braga, M. Owada, J. Aguirre, J.H. Lipps, H. Takayanagi and Y. Iryu (2020). Boring bivalve traces in modern reef and deeper-water macroid and rhodolith beds. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 7: 41. LIRS catalog number 2443.
  • Chisholm, J.R.M. (2000). Calcification by crustose coralline algae on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Limnology and Oceanography, 45(7): 1476-1484. LIRS catalog number 612.
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