Crouania willae
Appearance
Crouania willae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Ceramiales |
Family: | Callithamniaceae |
Genus: | Crouania |
Species: | C. willae
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Binomial name | |
Crouania willae R.E.Norris, 1986[1]
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Crouania willae is a marine red algal species endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1986 by Richard Earl Norris.[1][2]
Etymology
The species epithet, willae, honours Eileen Alice Willa who collected the type specimen (a female plant - CHR 39950) at Ringaringa, on Stewart Island on 24 January 1960 having found it growing on Cystophora.[2]
References
- ^ a b Norris, R.E. (1986). "Studies on Crouania franciscii (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from South Africa and C. willae sp. nov. from New Zealand". Phycologia. 25 (2): 133–143, 18 figs.
- ^ a b Guiry, W. (2020). "Crouania willae R.E.Norris 1986". In Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (eds.). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
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