Durvillaea

Durvillaea potatorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fucales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Chromista Subregnum: Harosa Infraregnum: Heterokonta Phylum: Ochrophyta Subphylum: Phaeista Infraphylum: Limnista Superclassis: Fucistia Classis: Phaeophyceae Subclassis: Fucophycidae Ordo: Fucales

Familia: Durvillaeaceae
Genus: Durvillaea

Species (6): D. amatheiae – D. antarctica – D. chathamensis – D. poha – D. potatorum – D. willana

Name

Durvillaea Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1826

• Type species: Durvillaea utilis Bory = Durvillaea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot
• Eponymy: name dedicated to Jules Dumont d'Urville.

Synonyms

• Sarcophycus Kützing, 1843
  • Type species: Sarcophycus potatorum (Labillardière) Kützing

References

• Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. 1826. Laminaire, Laminaria. In: Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle. (Audouin, I. et al. Eds) Vol. 9, pp. 187–194. BHL Reference page. : 192
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Durvillaea. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2017-03-31.
• Durvillaea in the World Register of Marine Species

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