| Sporolithon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Sporolithales |
| Family: | Sporolithaceae |
| Genus: | Sporolithon Heydrich, 1897 |
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the World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:- [2]
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