are also common. The epithallus sometimes overlies the roof of conceptacles, which are exposed only when the overlying epithallus is eventually shed. The...

be divided into three layers: the hypothallus, perithallus and epithallus. The epithallus is periodically shed, either in sheets or piecemeal. Corallina...

genera. They can often only be distinguished by the male genitalia. The epithallus typically consists of three lobes, the middle one being longer and more...

taxonomically informative character. It periodically sloughs off its epithallus, reducing its overgrowth by algae by as much as 50% compared to bare rock...

surfaces and prepares it for colonization by other organisms. It sheds its epithallus occasionally in order to prevent other organisms growing over it. Still...

underlying surface. Lithophyllum reproduces by means of conceptacles. The epithallus is periodically shed to avoid organisms growing on top of the alga. The...