Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Biliphyta > Division Rhodophyta > Subdivision Eurhodophytina > Class Florideophyceae > Subclass Nemaliophycidae > Order Palmariales > Family Rhodophysemataceae > Genus Rhodophysema

Rhodophysema elegans (P.Crouan & H.Crouan ex J.Agardh) P.S.Dixon, 1964

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rhodophysema*	Batters, 1900	accepted genus name
*Halosacciocolax*	S.Lund, 1959	synonym
*Rhododermis*	P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1851	synonym

Species group names

*Rhododermis elegans*	P.Crouan & H.Crouan ex J.Agardh, 1852	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: almindelig rødplet sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: ウスフチトリベニ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Swedish: rödplätt

Literature

basis of record	Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	South, G. R.;Tittley, I. (1986). A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. untsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick. 1-76.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Rhodophysema elegans (P.Crouan & H.Crouan ex J.Agardh) P.S.Dixon, 1964. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145774