Porphyra purpurea | |
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Porphyra purpurea herbarium sheet | |
Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Bangiophyceae |
Order: | Bangiales |
Family: | Bangiaceae |
Genus: | Porphyra |
Species: | P. purpurea
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Binomial name | |
Porphyra purpurea (Roth) C. Agardh
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Porphyra purpurea is a medium-sized marine algae in the division Rhodophyta.
This red algae consists of a single membranous layer of cells forming a blade attached by a disk holdfast. It grows to a length of 20 to 50 cm long.[1][2] The blade has the texture of a thin polythene sheet.[3]
They are littoral, growing on rock, pebbles, limpets and barnacles.[4]
Recorded from Canada and Europe.[5] Common in Great Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man.[4]