Pylaiella (mung) is a genus of seaweed (brown algae) that can be a nuisance due to its ability to coat people, ropes, animals, and more when it blooms close to the shore under particular conditions.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
- Pylaiella aquitanica <small>Ruprecht, 1850</small>
- Pylaiella gardneri <small>Collins, 1912</small>
- Pylaiella hooperi <small>De Toni, 1895</small>
- Pylaiella littoralis <small>(Linnaeus) Kjellman, 1872</small>
- Pylaiella nana <small>Kjellman, 1883</small>
- Pylaiella penicilliformis <small>Kjellman, 1906</small>
- Pylaiella petaloniae <small>Noda, 1975</small>
- Pylaiella seriata <small>Kuckuck, 2007</small>
- Pylaiella tenella <small>Setchell & N.L. Gardner, 1922</small>
- Pylaiella unilateralis <small>Setchell & N.L. Gardner, 1922</small>
- Pylaiella varia <small>Kjellman, 1883</small>
- Pylaiella washingtoniensis <small>C.C. Jao, 1937</small>
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