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| | Systematics for Porphyra lanceolata |
 | | It is perennial, meaning that it can be found growing year round. |
 | | Porphyra lanceolata fits under the Class Bangiophycea because it has a membranous thallus, uninucleate cells, stellate chloroplast, no cells with flagella, and reproduction by sporelike cells that are cut off singly from vegetative cells. |
 | | Porphyra lanceolata belongs to the Order Bangiales because the thallus is bladelike, it has gelatinous walls and the cells are not widely separated, it has no cells with flagella, asexual reproduction by monospores, and sexual reproduction. |
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