Durvillaea

Durvillaea
'Durvillaea antarctica Otago, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Chromalveolata
(unranked):	Chromista
Phylum:	Heterokontophyta
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Order:	Fucales
Family:	Durvillaeaceae
Genus:	Durvillaea

Durvillaea is a genus of brown algae (class Phaeophyceae). Members of the genus are found in New Zealand, South America, and Australia and are sometimes called bull kelp, which is a common name for a large kelp. Species include:

• Durvillaea antarctica
• Durvillaea caepestipes
• Durvillaea chathamensis. Unique to the Chatham Islands
• Durvillaea potatorum, also known as bull kelp^[1]
• Durvillaea willana

References

• Adams, N.M. (1994). Seaweeds of New Zealand. Canterbury University Press
• Morton, J.W., Miller, M.C. (1973) The New Zealand Seashore. Collins.

1. ^ M. Huisman, John (2000). Marine Plants of Australia. University of Western Australia Press. pp. 212. ISBN 978-1-876268-33-6. 

External links

Durvillaea at Algaebase

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