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
Colours
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.
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
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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