Durvillaea
| Durvillaea | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Durvillaea antarctica in Otago, New Zealand | |
| Scientific classification | |
| (unranked): | SAR |
| (unranked): | Chromista |
| Phylum: | Heterokontophyta |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Fucales |
| Family: | Durvillaeaceae |
| Genus: | Durvillaea |
Durvillaea is a genus of brown algae (class Phaeophyceae) of the order Fucales. It is named after French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville [1790-1842].[1] Members of the genus are found in New Zealand, South America, and Australia and are sometimes called bull kelp, which is a common name for a large kelp.[2][3]
Species include:
- Durvillaea antarctica[4]
- Durvillaea poha[5]
- Durvillaea chathamensis, unique to the Chatham Islands
- Durvillaea potatorum[6][2]
- Durvillaea willana
Illustration of Durvillea harveyi, now Durvillaea antarctica, by Walter Hood Fitch for J. D. Hooker's Flora Antarctica, 1843–1859
References
- ↑ M. Huisman, John (2000). Marine Plants of Australia. University of Western Australia Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-876268-33-6.
- 1 2 Cheshire, A. & Hallam, N. (2009). Morphological Differences in the Southern Bull-Kelp (Durvillaea potatorum) throughout South-Eastern Australia. Botanica Marina, 32(3), pp. 191–198. Retrieved 27 Jul. 2015, from DOI: 10.1515/botm.1989.32.3.191
- ↑ Fraser, C.I., Winter D.J., Spencer, H.G., Waters J.M. (2010) Multigene phylogeny of the southern bull-kelp genus Durvillaea (Phaeophyceae: Fucales). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 57:1301–1311. [doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.10.011]
- ↑ Dufour, C; Probert, PK; Savage, C (2012). "Macrofaunal colonisation of stranded Durvillaea antarctica on a southern New Zealand exposed sandy beach". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 46 (3): 369–383. doi:10.1080/00288330.2012.676557.
- ↑ Fraser, C.I., Spencer, H.G., Waters J.M. (2012) Durvillaea poha sp. nov. (Fucales, Phaeophyceae): a buoyant southern bull-kelp species endemic to New Zealand. Phycologia, 51:151–156. [doi: 10.2216/11-47.1]
- ↑ Cheshire, Anthony C.; Hallam, Neil D.(1985) The environmental role of alginates in Durvillaea potatorum (Fucales, Phaeophyta). Phycologia: June 1985, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 147–153. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-24-2-147.1
Further reading
- Adams, N.M. (1994). Seaweeds of New Zealand. Canterbury University Press
- Morton, J.W., Miller, M.C. (1973) The New Zealand Seashore. Collins.
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