Rhodophyta
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Solieria
Solieria is a genus of red algae (Rhodophyta) in the family Solieriaceae, order Gigartinales. Atlantic species possess terete to slightly compressed, irregularly branched thalli with a distinctive filamentous medulla composed of refractive ganglionic cells surrounded by a pseudoparenchymatous cortex. The genus is characterized by multiaxial growth from clusters of four to eight obconical apical cells, with periaxial cells producing branched, laterally diverging filaments that form the cortex.