Durvillaea
Durvillaea is a genus of brown algae (class Phaeophyceae) of the order Fucales. It is named after French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville [1790-1842]. Members of the genus are found in New Zealand, South America, and Australia and are sometimes called bull kelp, which is a common name for a large kelp. Species include:
Durvillaea antarctica
Durvillaea poha
Durvillaea chathamensis, unique to the Chatham Islands
Durvillaea potatorum
Durvillaea willana
See also
M. Huisman, John (2000). Marine Plants of Australia. University of Western Australia Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-876268-33-6.
References
Adams, N.M. (1994). Seaweeds of New Zealand. Canterbury University Press
Morton, J.W., Miller, M.C. (1973) The New Zealand Seashore. Collins.
Fraser, C.I., Winter D.J., Spencer, H.G., Waters J.M. (2010) Multigene phylogeny of the southern bull-kelp genus Durvillaea (Phaeophyceae: Fucales). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 57:1301–1311. [doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.10.011]
Fraser, C.I., Spencer, H.G., Waters J.M. (2012) Durvillaea poha sp. nov. (Fucales, Phaeophyceae): a buoyant southern bull-kelp species endemic to New Zealand. Phycologia, 51:151–156. [doi: 10.2216/11-47.1]
