Codium | |
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Codium spongiosum off the Réunion coast | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Ulvophyceae |
Order: | Bryopsidales |
Family: | Codiaceae |
Genus: | Codium Stackhouse, 1797 |
Type species | |
Codium tomentosum Stackhouse, 1797
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Species | |
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Codium is a genus of edible green macroalgae (or seaweeds) under the order Bryopsidales. The genus name is derived from a Greek word that pertains to the soft texture of its thallus. One of the foremost experts on Codium taxonomy was Paul Claude Silva at the University of California, Berkeley.[1][2] P.C. Silva was able to describe 36 species for the genus and in honor of his work on Codium,[1] the species C. silvae was named after the late professor.[3]