Biology:Crouania willae
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Short description: Species of alga
| Crouania willae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Ceramiales |
| Family: | Callithamniaceae |
| Genus: | Crouania |
| Species: | C. willae
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| Binomial name | |
| Crouania willae R.E.Norris, 1986[1]
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Crouania willae is a marine red algal species endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1986 by Richard Earl Norris.[1][2]
Etymology
The species epithet, willae, honours Eileen Alice Willa who collected the type specimen (a female plant - CHR 39950) at Ringaringa, on Stewart Island on 24 January 1960 having found it growing on Cystophora.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Norris, R.E. (1986). "Studies on Crouania franciscii (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from South Africa and C. willae sp. nov. from New Zealand". Phycologia 25 (2): 133–143, 18 figs. doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-25-2-133.1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Guiry, W. (2020). "Crouania willae R.E.Norris 1986". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=12013. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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Wikidata ☰ Q40733973 entry
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