Aureophycus
Genus of algae
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Aureophycus is a genus of kelp native to the waters of Karamil Island in the Aleutians, comprising a single species Aureophycus aleuticus, formally described in 2008. Each frond is 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long by 60 cm (24 in) wide with a strong yellow vein running along each edge (central vein lacking).[3][2] A 2013 study found the genus to be basal to Laminariales.[1]
| Aureophycus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Laminariales |
| Family: | Aureophycaceae H. Kawai & L.M. Ridgway, 2013[1] |
| Genus: | Aureophycus H. Kawai, T. Hanyuda, M. Lindeberg & S.C. Lindstrom, 2008[2] |
| Species: | A. aleuticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aureophycus aleuticus H. Kawai, T. Hanyuda, M. Lindeberg & S.C. Lindstrom, 2008[2] | |
