Porphyridium
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See also: porphyridium
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Porphyridium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Porphyridiaceae – used to produce sulphated polysaccharides, arachidonic acid, and phycoerythrin.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Biliphyta – subkingdom; Rhodophyta – phylum; Rhodellophytina - subdivision; Porphyridiophyceae - class; Porphyridiales - order; Porphyridiaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Porphyridium purpureum (syn. Porphyridium cruentum) - type species; Porphyridium aerugineum, Porphyridium sordidum, Porphyridium wittrockii - other species
References
Porphyridium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Porphyridium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Porphyridium at AlgaeBase
- Porphyridium at World Register of Marine Species
- Porphyridium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Porphyridium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Porphyridium available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
