Phaeosaccion
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Aurophyceae
Order: Phaeothamniales
Family: Phaeosaccionaceae
Genus: Phaeosaccion
Farlow 1882
Species:
P. collinsii
Binomial name
Phaeosaccion collinsii
Farlow 1882

Phaeosaccion is a genus of algae with monostromatic tubular to saccate thalli, up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long and to 2 centimetres (0.79 in) wide. It is the sole genus in the family Phaeosaccionaceae.[1] It is olive brown and resembles young plants of Scytosiphon.[1] The sole species in the genus is Phaeosaccion collinsii, a species of marine algae.[2][3] It was first identified in a publication by W.G. Farlow in the article Notes on New England algae published in Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club in 1882.[2] It was named in honor of Frank Shipley Collins.[3]: 56  Phaeosacchion collinsii is red listed in Iceland as a vulnerable species (VU).[4]


References

  1. ^ a b Phaeosaccion, AlgaeBase
  2. ^ a b Phaesaccion collinsii, AlgaeBase
  3. ^ a b Makers of American Botany, Harry Baker Humphrey, Ronald Press Company, Library of Congress Card Number 61-18435
  4. ^ Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History] (1996). Válisti 1: Plöntur. (in Icelandic) Reykjavík: Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands.
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