Claudea elegans

Claudea elegans is a marine red alga species in the genus Claudea. It occurs in tropical waters in Australia, India, Pakistan and Brazil and may reach 40 centimeters in length.[1]

C. elegans tetrasporangia.

Claudea elegans
Claudea elegans W.H. Harvey Phycologia Australica Plate 1
Scientific classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Delesseriaceae
Genus: Claudea
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Claudea elegans
Synonyms
  • Oneillia elegans (J.V.Lamouroux) C.Agardh 1822
  • Fucus claudei Turner 1811
  • Lamourouxia elegans C.Agardh 1817
  • Claudia elegans

References
  1. Boll, P. K. "Friday Fellow: Elegant Claudea". Retrieved 2016-02-26.


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