Dumontia (alga)
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| Dumontia | |
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| Dumontia contorta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Gigartinales |
| Family: | Dumontiaceae |
| Genus: | Dumontia J.V.F.Lamouroux, 1813 |
Dumontia is a genus of red algae belonging to the family Dumontiaceae.[1]
The species of this genus are found in Eurasia, Northern America and Australia.[1]
The genus name of Dumontia is in honour of Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix (1758 – 1830), was a French zoologist.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux in Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Vol.20 on page 133 in 1813.