''Stylonema'' is a genus of

red algae Red algae, or Rhodophyta (, ; ), are one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. The Rhodophyta also comprises one of the largest phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 currently recognized species with taxonomic revisions ongoing. The majority ...

, common in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

n waters. It is distinguishable from other species of red algae by the width of the filaments of its

thallus Thallus (plural: thalli), from Latinized Greek (), meaning "a green shoot" or "twig", is the vegetative tissue of some organisms in diverse groups such as algae, fungi, some liverworts, lichens, and the Myxogastria. Many of these organisms wer ...

, being only one cell across. It includes the species ''

Stylonema alsidii ''Stylonema alsidii'' is a species of marine red algae. The type locality is Trieste in Italy, but it has a worldwide distribution. The species was first described by Giovanni Zanardini in 1840 as ''Bangia alsidii''. Distribution It is one of t ...

''.

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* * Stylonematophyceae Red algae genera {{red alga-stub