Phaeosaccion
Genus of algae
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Phaeosaccion is a genus of algae with monostromatic tubular to saccate thalli, up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long and to 2 centimetres (0.79 in) wide. It is classified in the family Phaeosacciaceae.[2] It is olive brown and resembles young plants of Scytosiphon.[2] The type species in the genus is Phaeosaccion collinsii, a species of marine algae.[3][4] It was first identified in a publication by W.G. Farlow in the article Notes on New England algae published in Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club in 1882.[5] It was named in honor of Frank Shipley Collins.[4]: 56 Phaeosacchion collinsii is red listed in Iceland as a vulnerable species (VU).[6]
| Phaeosaccion | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Class: | Phaeosacciophyceae |
| Order: | Phaeosacciales |
| Family: | Phaeosacciaceae |
| Genus: | Phaeosaccion Farlow, 1882 |
| Type species | |
| Phaeosaccion collinsii Farlow, 1882 | |
| Other species | |
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