Crouania
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| Crouania | |
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| Crouania attenuata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Ceramiales |
| Family: | Callithamniaceae |
| Genus: | Crouania J.Agardh, 1842 |
| Type species | |
| Crouania attenuata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh | |
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Crouania is a genus of red algae (Rhodophyta) in the Callithamniaceae family. The name of the genus honours the French born Crouan brothers, Pierre-Louis Crouan (1798 - 1871) and Hippolyte-Marie Crouan (1802 - 1871).[1][2] It was first described by Jacob Georg Agardh in 1842, and the type species is Crouania attenuata.[3][4]
