Crouania willae
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| Crouania willae | |
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| File:Crouania-willae-RENorris TePapa 475536 50128.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Ceramiales |
| Family: | Callithamniaceae |
| Genus: | Crouania |
| Species: | C. willae
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| Binomial name | |
| Crouania willae R.E.Norris, 1986[1]
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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
[edit | edit source]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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