Durvillaea
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| Durvillaea antarctica in Otago, New Zealand | |
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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
File:Flora Antarctica Durvillea harveyi.jpg
Illustration of Durvillea harveyi, now Durvillaea antarctica, by Walter Hood Fitch for J. D. Hooker's Flora Antarctica, 1843–1859
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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]
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 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.
