Hildenbrandia
| Hildenbrandia | |
|---|---|
| The darker red alga encrusting this rock fragment is H. crouaniorum | |
| SEM of a H. rivularis gemma. Scale bar: 50 μm | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Hildenbrandiales |
| Family: | Hildenbrandiaceae |
| Genus: | Hildenbrandia Nardo, 1834 |
| Synonyms | |
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Hildenbrandtia | |
Hildenbrandia is a genus of thalloid red alga comprising about 26 species. The slow-growing, non-mineralized thalli take a crustose form. Hildenbrandia reproduces by means of conceptacles and produces tetraspores.