''Crouania'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of red algae (
Rhodophyta
Red algae, or Rhodophyta (, ; ), are one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. The Rhodophyta also comprises one of the largest phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 currently recognized species with taxonomic revisions ongoing. The majority ...
) in the
Callithamniaceae
Callithamniaceae is a family of red algae (Rhodophyta) in the order Ceramiales. The family was first described by Friedrich Traugott Kützing in 1843.
Description
Algae in the family Callithamniaceae have filamentous fronds with branches ar ...
family.
The name of the genus honours the French born Crouan brothers,
Pierre-Louis Crouan (1798 - 1871) and
Hippolyte-Marie Crouan (1802 - 1871).
It was first described by
Jacob Georg Agardh in 1842, and the type species is ''
Crouania attenuata''.
Species list
According to WoRMS:
* ''
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
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG) is a taxonomic database which attempts to cover published genus names for all domains of life from 1758 in zoology (1753 in botany) up to the present, arranged in a single, internally c ...
:
* ''
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
External links
Systềme canadien d'information sur la biodiversitẻ: ''Crouania''
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Ceramiales
Red algae genera