Zonaria (alga)
| Zonaria | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Chromalveolata |
| Division: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Dictyotales |
| Family: | Dictyotaceae |
| Genus: | Zonaria C. Agardh, 1817 |
Zonaria is a genus of thalloid brown alga comprising approximately 12 species. Specimens can reach around 25 cm in size. Zonaria produces tetraspores.
The species currently recognised are:
- Z. angustata
- Z. atomaria
- Z. crenata
- Z. diesingiana
- Z. farlowii
- Z. spiralis
- Z. stipitata
- Z. subarticulata
- Z. tournefortii
- Z. turneriana
The three Zonaria Australian species Z. turneriana, Z. crenata and Z. angustata produce phloroglucinol derivatives.[1]
References
- Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Zonaria". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ↑ Phloroglucinol Derivatives from Three Australian Marine Algae of the Genus Zonaria. Adrian J. Blackman, Glen I. Rogers and John K. Volkman, J. Nat. Prod., 1988, volume 51, issue 1, pages 158–160, doi:10.1021/np50055a027
External links
- Images of Zonaria at Algaebase