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]

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]

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]

References

  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.
  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.
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