Galaxaura rugosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Nemaliales |
Family: | Galaxauraceae |
Genus: | Galaxaura |
Species: | G. rugosa |
Binomial name | |
Galaxaura rugosa | |
Synonyms | |
Corallina rugosa, J.Ellis & Solander, 1786, among many others |
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