Gattya

Gattya pinnella (fig.VI, bottom right)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ceramiales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Rhodophyta
Subdivisio: Rhodophytina
Classis: Florideophyceae
Subclassis: Rhodymeniophycidae
Ordo: Ceramiales

Familia: Ceramiaceae
Subfamilia: Crouanioideae
Tribus: Crouanieae
Genus:

Species: G. obtusa โ€“ G. pinnella

Name

Gattya Harvey, 1855

  • Type species: Gattya pinnella Harvey
  • named for Margaret Gatty (1809โ€“1873), British explorer of algae and marine animals.

References

  • Harvey, W.H. 1855. Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525โ€“566. BHL Reference page. : 555
  • Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Gattya. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 22 September 2017.
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