| Bangiomorpha pubescens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Phylum: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Rhodophyceae |
| Order: | Bangiales |
| Family: | Bangiaceae |
| Genus: | Bangiomorpha Butterfield |
| Species: | B. pubescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Bangiomorpha pubescens Butterfield |
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Bangiomorpha pubescens is a red alga. It is the first known sexually reproducing organism. A multicellular fossil of Bangiomorpha pubescens was recovered from Arctic Canada that strongly resembles the modern red alga Bangia despite occurring in rocks dating to 1,200 million years ago.[1]