Pyrophyllon subtumens

Pyrophyllon subtumens
Cross-section of a Durvillaea antarctica frond, showing Pyrophyllon subtumens growing on the outer surface
Scientific classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Compsopogonophyceae
Order: Erythropeltidales
Family: Erythrotrichiaceae
Genus: Pyrophyllon
Species:
P. subtumens
Binomial name
Pyrophyllon subtumens
(J. Agardh ex R.M. Laing) W.A. Nelson 2003

Pyrophyllon subtumens is an obligate red algal epiphyte of Durvillaea southern bull-kelp, and is endemic to New Zealand.