Summary description from Wikipedia:

Mastocarpus in languages:

English

encrusting red algae

English

Turkish washcloths

Lithuanian

Ertmiadumblis

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Parent Taxon

• Phyllophoraceae

Sibling Taxa

• Ahnfeltiopsis
• Asterfilopsis
• Besa
• Coccotylus
• Erythrodermis traillii
• Fredericqia
• Gymnogongrus
• Mastocarpus
• Phyllophora
• Schottera
• Stenogramma
• Stenogramme

Child Taxa

• Mastocarpus agardhii
• Mastocarpus alaskensis
• Mastocarpus californianus
• Mastocarpus cristatus
• Mastocarpus jardinii
• Mastocarpus latissimus
• Mastocarpus papillatus
• Mastocarpus rigidus
• Mastocarpus stellatus

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