Bornetella
Genus of algae
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Bornetella is a genus of green algae in the family Dasycladaceae.[2]
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| Bornetella capitata by Ernst Haeckel | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Dasycladales |
| Family: | Dasycladaceae |
| Genus: | Bornetella Munier-Chalmas[1] |
The genus name of Bornetella is in honour of Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet (1828–1911), was a French botanist and the genus was published in Compt. Rend. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci. Vol.85 on page 815 in 1877.[3]
Species
The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:-
- Bornetella capitata (Harvey ex E.P.Wright) J.Agardh, 1887
- Bornetella clavellina Tanaka, 1956
- Bornetella nitida Munier-Chalmas ex Sonder, 1880
- Bornetella oligospora Solms-Laubach, 1892
- Bornetella sphaerica (Zanardini) Solms-Laubach, 1892
- Bornetella vitileviana H.Kasahara, 1998
