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unusual facts about red alga



Algae eater

It is the only fish that will graze on "black brush algae" (freshwater Rhodophyta, or red algae), but even so will eat anything else in preference.

Asexual reproduction

This method of reproduction is found for example in conidial fungi and the red alga Polysiphonia, and involves sporogenesis without meiosis.


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Ecological facilitation

A similar interaction occurs between the red alga Chondrus crispus and the canopy-forming seaweed Fucus in intertidal sites of southern New England, USA.

Scutellastra cochlear

It often grows in association with the crustose coralline alga Spongites yendoi and a filamentous red alga which it cultivates in a garden.