Crouania

Crouania
Crouania attenuata
Scientific classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Callithamniaceae
Genus:
J.Agardh, 1842
Type species
Crouania attenuata
(C.Agardh) J.Agardh
Species

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Crouania is a genus of red algae (Rhodophyta) in the Callithamniaceae family. The name of the genus honours the French born Crouan brothers, Pierre-Louis Crouan (1798 - 1871) and Hippolyte-Marie Crouan (1802 - 1871).[1][2] It was first described by Jacob Georg Agardh in 1842, and the type species is Crouania attenuata.[3][4]

Species list

According to WoRMS:[5]

  • Crouania attenuata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh (type species)
  • Crouania boergesenii B.Subramanian
  • Crouania brunyana Wollaston
  • Crouania capricornica Saenger & Wollaston
  • Crouania dampieriana Huisman, 2018
  • Crouania destriana Wollaston
  • Crouania eliseae C.W.Schneider
  • Crouania francescoi Cormaci, G.Furnari & Scammacca
  • Crouania ischiana (Funk) C.F.Boudouresque & M.M.Perret-Boudouresque
  • Crouania iyengarii B.Subramanian
  • Crouania mageshimensis Itono
  • Crouania mayae Mateo-Cid, Mendoza-González & Searles
  • Crouania mucosa Wollaston
  • Crouania pleonospora W.R.Taylor
  • Crouania pumila B.Gavio, V.P.Reyes-Gómez & M.J.Wynne, 2013
  • Crouania robbii Wollaston
  • Crouania shepleyana Wollaston
  • Crouania willae R.E.Norris

According to Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera:[6]

  • Crouania attenuata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1842
  • Crouania boergesenii B.Subramanian, 1985
  • Crouania brunyana Wollaston, 1998
  • Crouania capricornica Saenger & Wollaston, 1982
  • Crouania destriana Wollaston, 1968
  • Crouania divaricata Okamura, 1902
  • Crouania elisiae C.W.Schneider, 2004
  • Crouania francescoi Cormaci, G.Furnari & Scammacca, 1978
  • Crouania ischiana (Funk) C.F.Boudouresque & M.M.Perret-Boudouresque, 1987
  • Crouania iyengarii B.Subramanian, 1985
  • Crouania mageshimensis Itono, 1977
  • Crouania mayae Mateo-Cid, Mendoza-González & Searles, 2002
  • Crouania minutissima Yamada, 1944
  • Crouania mucosa Wollaston, 1968
  • Crouania pleonospora W.R.Taylor, 1928
  • Crouania robbii Wollaston, 1998
  • Crouania shepleyana Wollaston, 1968
  • Crouania willae R.E.Norris, 1986


References

  1. ^ M.D. Guiry (2020). "Crouania J.Agardh". In Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (eds.). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Crouania J.Agardh". Australian Marine Algal Name Index (AMANI).
  4. ^ Agardh, J.G. (1842). Algae maris Mediterranei et Adriatici, observationes in diagnosin specierum et dispositionem generum. p. 83.
  5. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2020). "Crouania J.Agardh, 1842". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 21 July 2020 – via World Register of Marine Species.
  6. ^ "Crouania J.Agardh, 1842". Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved 21 July 2020.