Plocamium is a genus of red algae in the family Plocamiaceae. It contains around 40 species and has a cosmopolitan distribution in temperate seas, although it is most diverse in the southern hemisphere.[1] It is widely distributed in tropical and also warm-temperate and cold-temperate seas, such as the northern Arabian Sea.[2]
Plocamium has erect elliptical thalli that grow up to 50 cm (20 in) in length. They are bright red in color with strongly flattened delicately branching fronds that further divide into two to five smaller branchlets.[3][4]
Species classified under the genus include the following:[5][6]
^Cremades, Javier; Barreiro, Rodolfo; Maneiro, Isabel; Saunders, Gary W. (2011). "A new taxonomic interpretation of the type of Plocamium cartilagineum (Plocamiales, Florideophyceae) and its consequences". European Journal of Phycology. 46 (2): 125–142.
^Wynne, Michael (November 2002). "A description of Plocamium fimbriatum sp. nov. (Plocamiales, Rhodophyta) from the Sultanate of Oman, with a census of currently recognized species in the genus". Nova Hedwigia. 75 (3–4): 333–356. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2002/0075-0333.