Crouania willae

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Crouania willae
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Callithamniaceae
Genus: Crouania
Species:
C. willae
Binomial name
Crouania willae

Crouania willae is a marine red algal species endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1986 by Richard Earl Norris.[1][2]

Etymology

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The species epithet, willae, honours Eileen Alice Willa who collected the type specimen (a female plant - CHR 39950) at Ringaringa, on Stewart Island on 24 January 1960 having found it growing on Cystophora.[2]

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