Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Division Chlorophyta > Subdivision Chlorophytina > Class Ulvophyceae > Order Cladophorales > Family Cladophoraceae > Genus Rhizoclonium

Rhizoclonium pachydermum Kjellman, 1877

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rhizoclonium*	Kützing, 1843	accepted genus name
*Rama*	V.J.Chapman, 1952	synonym
*Spongopsis*	Kützing, 1843	synonym

Species group names

*Cladophora pachyderma*	(Kjellman) Brand, 1908	synonym

Literature

original description	Kjellman, F. R. (1877). Über die Algenvegetationen des Murmanschen Meeres av der Westküste von Nowaja Semlja und Wajgatsch. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, Series, 1-86, 1 table.
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.

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). Rhizoclonium pachydermum Kjellman, 1877. 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:145074