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Laurencia
Laurencia microcladia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Rhodomelaceae
Genus: Laurencia
J. V. Lamouroux[1][2]
Species

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Laurencia is a genus of red algae that grow in temperate and tropical shore areas, in littoral to sublittoral habitats, at depths up to 65 m (213 ft).[2]

Description

Laurencia species have a thallus that is erect or decumbent with distichous, whorled or radial branch arrangement.[2]

Species

AlgaeBase, a database with detailed information on species of Laurencia, includes 145 taxonomically accepted species as of October 2015, and differentiates these from a further ~375 entries of uncertain taxonomic status; it further delineates homotypic or heterotypic synonyms.[2]

Commonly observed species of Laurencia include the shallow subtidal Laurencia nidifica (Hawaii), Laurencia pacifica (California), and Laurencia thyrsifera (New Zealand).[3][4] Species seen in the British Isles include Laurencia hybrida, Laurencia obtusa, Laurencia osmunda, Laurencia pinnatifida, Laurencia pyramidalis, and Laurencia truncata.[5][6]

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species as accepted:[7]

Uses

Laurencia nidifica is used as a condiment in Hawaii due to its peppery taste.[3]

Further reading

  • Fish, J.D.; Fish, S. (2012). "Algae". A Student's Guide to the Seashore. New York, NY, USA: Springer Science & Business. pp. 30–65, esp. 62–64. ISBN 978-9401158886. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  • Papenfuss, G.F. (1947). "Generic names of algae proposed for conservation". Madroño. 9: 8–17.

References

  1. ^ Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1813). "Essai sur les genres de la famille des thalassiophytes non articulées" [Essay on the Genera of the Family of Non-Articulated Thalassiophytes] (PDF). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 20: 21–47, 115–139, 267–293. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Laurencia J.V.Lamouroux, 1813, nom. cons.". AlgaeBase. Galway, IRL: National University of Ireland. 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016. {{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  3. ^ a b c "Laurencia nidifica". www.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Observations: Laurencia". inaturalist.org. iNaturalist. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  5. ^ a b Fish, J.D.; Fish, S. (2012). "Algae". A Student's Guide to the Seashore. New York, NY, USA: Springer Science & Business. pp. 30–65, esp. 62–64. ISBN 978-9401158886. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Rhodophyta, Part 3A: Ceramiales". Seaweeds of the British Isles. Vol. 1. London, ENG: Pelagic Publishing. 1993. ISBN 978-0113100453. {{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  7. ^ Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2018). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Laurencia J.V.Lamouroux, 1813. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143914 on 2018-11-01


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