Crouania

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Crouania
Crouania attenuata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Callithamniaceae
Genus: Crouania
J.Agardh, 1842
Type species
Crouania attenuata
(C.Agardh) J.Agardh
Species

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Crouania is a genus of red algae (Rhodophyta) in the Callithamniaceae family. The name of the genus honours the French born Crouan brothers, Pierre-Louis Crouan (1798 - 1871) and Hippolyte-Marie Crouan (1802 - 1871).[1][2] It was first described by Jacob Georg Agardh in 1842, and the type species is Crouania attenuata.[3][4]

Species list[edit]

According to WoRMS:[5]

According to Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera:[6]


References[edit]

  1. ^ M.D. Guiry (2020). "Crouania J.Agardh". In Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (eds.). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Crouania J.Agardh". Australian Marine Algal Name Index (AMANI).
  4. ^ Agardh, J.G. (1842). Algae maris Mediterranei et Adriatici, observationes in diagnosin specierum et dispositionem generum. p. 83.
  5. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2020). "Crouania J.Agardh, 1842". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 21 July 2020 – via World Register of Marine Species.
  6. ^ "Crouania J.Agardh, 1842". Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

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