Species

Porphyra yezoensis

[ Rhodophyta | Bangiophyceae | Bangiales | . . .
. . . | Bangiales | Bangiaceae | Pyropia ]

Courtesy of S. Enomoto

Taxonomy: Eukaryota | Rhodophyta | Bangiophyceae | Bangiales | Bangiaceae | Pyropia Comment: Porphyra is a blade-forming red seaweed that appear on rocky shorelines throughout the world. It is one or two cells in thickness and ranges from a few mm to over 3 m in length. The blades vary in color from yellow, olive, pink, to even purple. It has a unique dimorphic life cycle consisting of two generations, a leafy, haploid gametophyte and a microscopic diploid filamentous sporophyte. Porphyras are extremely dessication-tolerant, a focus of intense physiological research. Go to NCBI Taxonomy (2788) Encyclopedia of life Wikipedia Project: Kazusa DNA Research Institute: Porphyra yezoensis EST index