Colpomenia sinuosa

Colpomenia sinuosa
Sea Bubble (Colpomenia sinuosa), Cabrillo National Monument tidepools, San Diego, California, USA
Sea Bubble (Colpomenia sinuosa), Cabrillo National Monument tidepools, San Diego, California, USA
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): SAR
Superphylum: Heterokonta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Scytosiphonales
Family: Scytosiphonaceae
Genus: Colpomenia
Species: C. sinuosa
Binomial name
Colpomenia sinuosa
Subspecies and Form
Synonyms

Colpomenia sinuosa, commonly named the oyster thief or sinuous ballweed, is a brown algae species in the genus Colpomenia. It is the type species of its genus. It is found throughout South Africa and is widespread around Australia and overseas.

C. sinuosa contains the C6-C4-C6 phenolic compound colpol.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Setchell, William Albert; Gardner, Nathan Lyon (31 March 1903). Algae of Northwestern America (PDF). University of California Publications Botany. 1. University of California. pp. 242–243. OCLC 717754957. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Mazé, Hippolyte; Schramm, A (1905). Essai de classification des algues de la Guadeloupe (in French) (2nd ed.). Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe: Impr. du Gouvernement. p. 131. hdl:2027/coo.31924000640767. 876347352
  3. ↑ Natural History Museum (2014). Dataset: Collection specimens. Resource: Specimens. Natural History Museum Data Portal ( http://www.nhm.ac.uk/services/media-store/asset/4fc357cb75ba3e5b51a22b8bfcfc8ea945e5303a/contents/preview ). doi:10.5519/0002965 Retrieved: 17:42 10 May 2018 (GMT)
  4. ↑ Barton, Ethel Sara (November 1898). "On the Structure and Development of Soranthera, Post. & Rupr". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 33 (234): 479–486. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1898.tb00666.x. ISSN 1095-8339.
  5. ↑ Colpol, a New Cytotoxic C6-C4-C6 Metabolite from the Alga Colpomenia sinuosa. Dalia Green, Yoel Kashman and Ahron Miroz, J. Nat. Prod., 1993, volume 56, issue 7, pages 1201–1202, doi:10.1021/np50097a033

Future Readings

Lee, Kyung Min; Boo, Sung Min; Kain, Joanna; Sherwood, Alison (February 2013). "Cryptic diversity and biogeography of the widespread brown alga Colpomenia sinuosa (Ectocarpales, Phaeophyceae)". Botanica Marina. 56 (1): 15–25. doi:10.1515/bot-2012-0211.



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