Crouania willae

Crouania willae
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Ceramiales
Family:	Callithamniaceae
Genus:	Crouania
Species:	C. willae
Binomial name
	Crouania willae; R.E.Norris, 1986[1]

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

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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References

Norris, R.E. (1986). "Studies on Crouania franciscii (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from South Africa and C. willae sp. nov. from New Zealand". Phycologia. 25 (2): 133–143, 18 figs.
Guiry, W. (2020). "Crouania willae R.E.Norris 1986". In Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (eds.). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

External links

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa: Crouania willae R.E.Norris (Species)

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[norris-1] Norris, R.E. (1986). "Studies on Crouania franciscii (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from South Africa and C. willae sp. nov. from New Zealand". Phycologia. 25 (2): 133–143, 18 figs.

[guiry-2] Guiry, W. (2020). "Crouania willae R.E.Norris 1986". In Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (eds.). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 20 July 2020.