Colpomenia sinuosa
| Colpomenia sinuosa | |
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| Sea Bubble (Colpomenia sinuosa), Cabrillo National Monument tidepools, San Diego, California, USA | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Chromalveolata |
| Phylum: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Scytosiphonales |
| Family: | Scytosiphonaceae |
| Genus: | Colpomenia |
| Species: | C. sinuosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Colpomenia sinuosa (Mertens ex Roth) Derbès & Solier in Castagne 1851 | |
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Colpomenia sinuosa, the oyster thief or sinuous ballweed, is a brown alga species in the genus Colpomenia. It is the type species of its genus. It is found throughout South Africa and is widespread around Australia and overseas.
C. sinuosa contains the C6-C4-C6 phenolic compound colpol.[1]
See also
- List of seaweeds of South Africa
- List of seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay
- List of seaweeds and marine flowering plants of Australia (temperate waters)
References
- ↑ Colpol, a New Cytotoxic C6-C4-C6 Metabolite from the Alga Colpomenia sinuosa. Dalia Green, Yoel Kashman and Ahron Miroz, J. Nat. Prod., 1993, volume 56, issue 7, pages 1201–1202, doi:10.1021/np50097a033
Future Readings
Lee, Kyung Min; Boo, Sung Min; Kain, Joanna; Sherwood, Alison (February 2013). "Cryptic diversity and biogeography of the widespread brown alga Colpomenia sinuosa (Ectocarpales, Phaeophyceae)". Botanica Marina 56 (1): 15–25. doi:10.1515/bot-2012-0211.
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