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    No Common Name (Calliarthron tuberculosum)

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    Calliarthron tuberculosum
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Clade: Archaeplastida
    Division: Rhodophyta
    Class: Florideophyceae
    Order: Corallinales
    Family: Corallinaceae
    Genus: Calliarthron
    Species:
    C. tuberculosum
    Binomial name
    Calliarthron tuberculosum
    (Postels & Ruprecht) E.Y.Dawson

    Calliarthron tuberculosum is a species of thaloid intertidal red algae.[1] It is the type species of the genus Calliarthron.

    Taxonomy

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    C. tuberculosum was originally described as Corallina tuberculosa in 1840 Alexander Postels and Franz Ruprecht. It was reclassified into the genus Calliarthron in 1940 by E. Yale Dawson.[2]

    Distribution and habitat

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    Calliarthron tuberculosum is found on the west coast of North America, from the Baja California Peninsula to the Alaska Panhandle.[3][4] It is commonly found in "low intertidal tidepools in moderate to exposed habitats".[3]

    South of Monterey Bay, California, the range of C. tuberculosum overlaps with the range of C. cheilosporioides; as the two species are quite similar, molecular sequencing or detailed measurements are required to distinguish them.[3]

    References

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    1. ^ "Calliarthron tuberculosum". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
    2. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Calliarthron tuberculosum". AlgaeBase. University of Galway.
    3. ^ a b c Gabrielson, P.W.; Miller, K.A.; Martone, P.T. (2011). "Morphometric and molecular analyses confirm two distinct species of Calliarthron (Corallinales, Rhodophyta), a genus endemic to the northeast Pacific". Phycologia. 50 (3): 298–316. doi:10.2216/10-42.1. S2CID 38109656.
    4. ^ Klinkenberg, Brian, ed. (2021). "Calliarthron tuberculosum". E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Retrieved 2022-01-15.