Derbesia

Derbesia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Bryopsidophyceae
Order: Bryopsidales
Family: Derbesiaceae
Genus: Derbesia
Solier, 1846
Type species
Derbesia marina
(Lyngbye) Solier, 1846
Species[1]

About 20, see text

Derbesia is a genus of green algae, specifically of the Derbesiaceae.[1] The plant was originally known from different names applied to its larger sporophyte, Derbesia, and its less conspicuous gametophyte, Halicystis.[2] Derbesia was successfully cultured in the laboratories of German phycologist Peter Kornmann to learn that both it and the plant Halicystis were different parts of the life cycle of the same organism.[3]

List of species

References

  1. 1 2 Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Genus: Derbesia taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
  2. Hoek, C. van den; Mann, D. G.; Jahns, Hans Martin (1995). Algae: An Introduction to Phycology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 429. ISBN 978-0-521-31687-3.
  3. Langstroth, Lovell; Newberry, Andrew Todd; Langstroth, Libby; Newberry, Todd (2000). A Living Bay: The Underwater World of Monterey Bay. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press/Monterey Bay Aquarium. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-520-22149-9.

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