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Crouania

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Crouania
Crouania attenuata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Callithamniaceae
Genus: Crouania
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

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According to WoRMS:[5]

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


References

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  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.
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