Lobata | |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Phylum: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Ulvophyceae |
Order: | Ulvales |
Family: | Ulvaceae |
Genus: | Lobata V.J. Chapman, 1952 |
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