Chroodactylon ornatum (C.Agardh) Basson, 1979
(an alga)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChroodactylon ornatum (an alga)
FamilySTYLONEMATACEAE (a family of algae)
OrderSTYLONEMATALES (an order of algae)
ClassSTYLONEMATOPHYCEAE (a class of red seaweeds)
PhylumRHODOPHYTA (red seaweeds)
SubkingdomBILIPHYTA (red seaweeds)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Belcher, H. & Swale, E. 2002 Uncommon Cambridgeshire freshwater algae (Polytoma, Hyalobrachion, Collodictyon, Chroodactylon and Porphyridium) and common but rarely recorded purple sulphur bacteria Nature in Cambridgeshire Vol 44: 33-36.

Chroodactylon ornatum (an alga) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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