Rhododiscus P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1859[1] Atractophora is a monotypic genus of red algae of the family Atractophoraceae (within the Order Atractophorales).

[3] 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).