Biology:Phaeosaccion
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Short description: Genus of algae
| Phaeosaccion | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Aurophyceae |
| Order: | Phaeothamniales |
| Family: | Phaeosaccionaceae |
| Genus: | Phaeosaccion Farlow 1882 |
| Species: | P. collinsii
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| Binomial name | |
| Phaeosaccion collinsii Farlow 1882
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Phaeosaccion is a genus of algae with monostromatic tubular to saccate thalli, up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long and to 2 centimetres (0.79 in) wide. It is the sole genus in the family Phaeosaccionaceae.[1] It is olive brown and resembles young plants of Scytosiphon.[1] The sole species in the genus is Phaeosaccion collinsii, a species of marine algae.[2][3] It was first identified in a publication by W.G. Farlow in the article Notes on New England algae published in Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club in 1882.[2] It was named in honor of Frank Shipley Collins.[3]:56 Phaeosacchion collinsii is red listed in Iceland as a vulnerable species (VU).[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Phaeosaccion, AlgaeBase
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Phaesaccion collinsii, AlgaeBase
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Makers of American Botany, Harry Baker Humphrey, Ronald Press Company, Library of Congress Card Number 61-18435
- ↑ Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History] (1996). Válisti 1: Plöntur. (in Icelandic) Reykjavík: Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands.
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