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Crouania
Sign in to saveCrouania 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). It was first described by Jacob Georg Agardh in 1842, and the type species is Crouania attenuata.
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Genus
- PhylumRhodophyta
- ClassFlorideophyceae
- OrderCeramiales
- FamilyCallithamniaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 277
- With media
- 142
- Family
- Callithamniaceae
- Collections
- US, NY
- Recorded in
- United States, Ecuador, Australia, New Zealand, Martinique
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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). It was first described by Jacob Georg Agardh in 1842, and the type species is Crouania attenuata.
==Species list== According to WoRMS: 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
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