''Bornetella'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
green algae
The green algae (: green alga) are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic eukaryotes consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister group that contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/ Streptophyta. The land plants ...
in the family
Dasycladaceae
The Dasycladaceae is one of the two extant family (biology), families of green algae of the order Dasycladales. When found in Palaeozoic limestones, they typically indicate depositional depth of less than 5m.See the National Center for Biotechnol ...
.
The genus name of ''Bornetella'' is in honour of
Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet
Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet (September 2, 1828, Guérigny – December 18, 1911, Paris) was a French botanist.
Life
Bornet studied medicine in Paris, and in 1886 became a member of the French Académie des sciences. With Gustave Thuret, he wa ...
(1828–1911), was a French botanist and the genus was published in Compt. Rend. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci. Vol.85 on page 815 in 1877.
Species
The
World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive catalogue and list of names of marine organisms.
Content
The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scien ...
includes the following species in the genus:-
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Bornetella capitata''
(Harvey ex E.P.Wright) J.Agardh, 1887
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Bornetella clavellina''
Tanaka, 1956
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Bornetella nitida''
Munier-Chalmas ex Sonder, 1880
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Bornetella oligospora''
Solms-Laubach, 1892
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Bornetella sphaerica
''Bornetella sphaerica'', commonly known as the spherical turtle shell, is a species of marine alga in the Dasycladaceae family. It is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific region, the type-location being Sorong, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. ''
(Zanardini) Solms-Laubach, 1892
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Bornetella vitileviana''
H.Kasahara, 1998
References
Ulvophyceae genera
Dasycladaceae
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