Durvillaea
| Durvillaea | |
|---|---|
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| Durvillaea antarctica in Otago, New Zealand | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Chromalveolata |
| (unranked): | Chromista |
| Phylum: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Fucales |
| Family: | Durvillaeaceae |
| Genus: | Durvillaea |
Durvillaea is a genus of brown algae (class Phaeophyceae) of the order Fucales. It is named after French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville [1790-1842]. Members of the genus are found in New Zealand, South America, and Australia and are sometimes called bull kelp, which is a common name for a large kelp. Species include:
- Durvillaea antarctica
- Durvillaea poha
- Durvillaea chathamensis, unique to the Chatham Islands
- Durvillaea potatorum
- Durvillaea willana
References
- Adams, N.M. (1994). Seaweeds of New Zealand. Canterbury University Press
- Morton, J.W., Miller, M.C. (1973) The New Zealand Seashore. Collins.
- Fraser, C.I., Winter D.J., Spencer, H.G., Waters J.M. (2010) Multigene phylogeny of the southern bull-kelp genus Durvillaea (Phaeophyceae: Fucales). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 57:1301–1311. [doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.10.011]
- Fraser, C.I., Spencer, H.G., Waters J.M. (2012) Durvillaea poha sp. nov. (Fucales, Phaeophyceae): a buoyant southern bull-kelp species endemic to New Zealand. Phycologia, 51:151–156. [doi: 10.2216/11-47.1]
Further Readings
Dufour, C; Probert, PK; Savage, C (4 July 2012). "Macrofaunal colonisation of stranded Durvillaea antarctica on a southern New Zealand exposed sandy beach". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 46 (3): 369–383. doi:10.1080/00288330.2012.676557. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
See also
- M. Huisman, John (2000). Marine Plants of Australia. University of Western Australia Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-876268-33-6.