Choreonema

Choreonema
Choreonema thureti. A small portion of a clump of Jania ungulata showing, in the central part of the plate, the lateral subspherical pericarps of Choreonema
Scientific classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Corallinales
Family: Hapalidiaceae
Subfamily: Choreonematoideae
Genus: Choreonema
F.Schmitz, 1889

Choreonema is a genus of red algae belonging to the family Hapalidiaceae.

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.

Species:

  • Choreonema notarisii (Dufour) Foslie
  • Choreonema thuretii (Bornet) F.Schmitz