Biology:Bossiella

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Short description: Genus of algae

Bossiella
Scientific classification e
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Corallinales
Family: Corallinaceae
Subfamily: Corallinoideae
Genus: Bossiella
P.C. Silva, 1957

Bossiella is a genus of coralline algae with 5 recognised species. It reproduces via conceptacles; individual thalli only produce conceptacles of a single sex.[1]

Species

The valid species currently considered to belong to this genus are:

  • Bossiella californica
  • Bossiella chiloensis
  • Bossiella compressa
  • Bossiella orbigniana
  • Bossiella plumosa

References

  1. Johansen, H. W. (1973). "Ontogeny of Sexual Conceptacles in a Species of Bossiella (Corallinaceae)". Journal of Phycology 9 (2): 141. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.1973.tb04069.x. 

External links

  • Images of Bossiella at Algaebase

Wikidata ☰ Q4947591 entry