Stylonema

Stylonema
Scientific classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Stylonematophyceae
Order: Stylonematales
Family: Stylonemataceae
Genus: Stylonema
Reinsch 1875
Species

Stylonema is a genus of red algae, common in Australian waters. It is distinguishable from other species of red algae by the width of the filaments of its thallus, being only one cell across.

It includes the species Stylonema alsidii.