''Crouania willae'' is a marine red
algal
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species
endemic
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to
New Zealand
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. It was first described in 1986 by
Richard Earl Norris.
Etymology
The species epithet, ''willae'', honours
Eileen Alice Willa who collected the type specimen (a female plant - CHR 39950) at Ringaringa, on
Stewart Island
Stewart Island (, ' glowing skies', officially Stewart Island / Rakiura, formerly New Leinster) is New Zealand's third-largest island, located south of the South Island, across Foveaux Strait.
It is a roughly triangular island with a la ...
on 24 January 1960 having found it growing on ''
Cystophora.''
References
External links
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa: ''Crouania willae'' R.E.Norris (Species)
Flora of New Zealand
Ceramiales
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