Crouania
Genus of algae
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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]
| Crouania | |
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| Crouania attenuata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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Species list
According to WoRMS:[5]
- Crouania attenuata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh (type species)
- Crouania boergesenii B.Subramanian
- Crouania brunyana Wollaston
- Crouania capricornica Saenger & Wollaston
- Crouania dampieriana Huisman, 2018
- Crouania destriana Wollaston
- Crouania eliseae C.W.Schneider
- Crouania francescoi Cormaci, G.Furnari & Scammacca
- Crouania ischiana (Funk) C.F.Boudouresque & M.M.Perret-Boudouresque
- Crouania iyengarii B.Subramanian
- Crouania mageshimensis Itono
- Crouania mayae Mateo-Cid, Mendoza-González & Searles
- Crouania mucosa Wollaston
- Crouania pleonospora W.R.Taylor
- Crouania pumila B.Gavio, V.P.Reyes-Gómez & M.J.Wynne, 2013
- Crouania robbii Wollaston
- Crouania shepleyana Wollaston
- Crouania willae R.E.Norris
According to Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera:[6]
- Crouania attenuata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1842
- Crouania boergesenii B.Subramanian, 1985
- Crouania brunyana Wollaston, 1998
- Crouania capricornica Saenger & Wollaston, 1982
- Crouania destriana Wollaston, 1968
- Crouania divaricata Okamura, 1902
- Crouania elisiae C.W.Schneider, 2004
- Crouania francescoi Cormaci, G.Furnari & Scammacca, 1978
- Crouania ischiana (Funk) C.F.Boudouresque & M.M.Perret-Boudouresque, 1987
- Crouania iyengarii B.Subramanian, 1985
- Crouania mageshimensis Itono, 1977
- Crouania mayae Mateo-Cid, Mendoza-González & Searles, 2002
- Crouania minutissima Yamada, 1944
- Crouania mucosa Wollaston, 1968
- Crouania pleonospora W.R.Taylor, 1928
- Crouania robbii Wollaston, 1998
- Crouania shepleyana Wollaston, 1968
- Crouania willae R.E.Norris, 1986
