Hypnea
| Hypnea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukarya |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Phylum: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Gigartinales |
| Family: | Cystocloniaceae |
| Genus: | Hypnea J.V.Lamouroux, 1813 |
| Species | |
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Hypnea is a red algal genus, and a well known carrageenophyte (plant producing polysaccharide carrageenan).
Known species
Hypnea musciformis
Hypnea valentiae