Atractophora

Atractophora is a monotypic genus of red algae of the family Atractophoraceae (within the Order Atractophorales).^[2] It only contains one known species Atractophora hypnoides P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1848.^[3]

Atractophora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Subclass:	Rhodymeniophycidae
Genus:	Atractophora P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan
Synonyms
Rhododiscus P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1859[1]

It is found in the European Atlantic Ocean, close to the coasts of Great Britain and Denmark.^[4] Tt has a very simple type of vegetative growth. It has lateral filaments which are at an irregular sequence, becoming quadriverticillate (type of branching pattern). A second whorl can be produced under the first growth, especially in tips of fertile thalli (green shoots).^[5]