Leptocladia

This article is about the genus of algae. Leptocladia is also a synonym for the cactus genus, Mammillaria.

Leptocladia is a genus of red algae known from the warm temperate eastern Pacific.

Leptocladia
Scientific classification
Clade:	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Gigartinales
Family:	Dumontiaceae
Genus:	Leptocladia J.Agardh, 1892

Species

Some species include:

• L. binghamiae
• L. binhamiae
• L. laxa
• L. peruviana

References

• Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Leptocladia". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2009-04-19.