Desmarestiaceae
Sign in to saveDesmarestiaceae is a family of brown algae, one of two families in the order Desmarestiales. The family gets its name from the genus Desmarestia, which is named after the French zoologist Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784–1838).
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- KingdomChromista
- PhylumOchrophyta
- ClassPhaeophyceae
- OrderDesmarestiales
- FamilyDesmarestiaceae
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- Antartica
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Desmarestiaceae is a family of brown algae, one of two families in the order Desmarestiales. The family gets its name from the genus Desmarestia, which is named after the French zoologist Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784–1838).
There are three genera in this family. Two are monotypic, Himantothallus (species name Himantothallus grandifolius) and Phaeurus (species name Phaeurus antarcticus). These are both endemic to Antarctica. The third genus, Desmarestia, has 30 to 40 species.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Desmarestiaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.