Spongiochrysis

Spongiochrysis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Cladophorales
Family: Cladophoraceae
Genus: Spongiochrysis
Rindi, J.López-Bautista, A.R.Sherwood & Guiry
Species:
S. hawaiiensis
Binomial name
Spongiochrysis hawaiiensis
Rindi, J.López-Bautista, A.R.Sherwood & Guiry

Spongiochrysis is a genus of green algae in the family Cladophorales. It contains a single species, Spongiochrysis hawaiiensis.

Spongiochrysis hawaiiensis is a terrestrial alga that forms golden-yellow crusts on Casuarina bark.