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(Redirected from Phaeosaccionaceae) Genus of algae

Phaeosaccion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Aurophyceae
Order: Phaeothamniales
Family: Phaeosaccionaceae
Genus: Phaeosaccion
Farlow 1882
Species: P. collinsii
Binomial name
Phaeosaccion collinsii
Farlow 1882

Phaeosaccion is a genus of algae with monostromatic tubular to saccate thalli, up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long and to 2 centimetres (0.79 in) wide. It is the sole genus in the family Phaeosaccionaceae. It is olive brown and resembles young plants of Scytosiphon. The sole species in the genus is Phaeosaccion collinsii, a species of marine algae. It was first identified in a publication by W.G. Farlow in the article Notes on New England algae published in Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club in 1882. It was named in honor of Frank Shipley Collins. Phaeosacchion collinsii is red listed in Iceland as a vulnerable species (VU).


References

  1. ^ Phaeosaccion, AlgaeBase
  2. ^ Phaesaccion collinsii, AlgaeBase
  3. ^ Makers of American Botany, Harry Baker Humphrey, Ronald Press Company, Library of Congress Card Number 61-18435
  4. Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands (1996). Válisti 1: Plöntur. (in Icelandic) Reykjavík: Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands.
Taxon identifiers
Phaeosaccion
Phaeosaccionaceae
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