Delisea pulchra

Delisea pulchra
Delisea pulchra at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
Scientific classification
(unranked):Archaeplastida
Division:Rhodophyta
Class:Florideophyceae
Order:Bonnemaisoniales
Family:Bonnemaisoniaceae
Genus:Delisea
Species: D. pulchra
Binomial name
Delisea pulchra
(Greville) Montagne
Synonyms

Delisea japonica

Delisea pulchra is a red algae found in Southern Australia, New Zealand, the Subantarctic Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula.[1] It produces a range of secondary metabolites called halogenated furanones that have ecological roles as defenses against epiphytes and herbivores.[2]

References

  1. 1922-, Womersley, H. B. S. (Hugh Bryan Spencer), (1984). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. D.J Woolman, Govt. Printer. ISBN 0642248494. OCLC 13331680.
  2. Dworjanyn, S. A.; Nys, R. De; Steinberg, P. D. (1999-05-01). "Localisation and surface quantification of secondary metabolites in the red alga Delisea pulchra". Marine Biology. 133 (4): 727–736. doi:10.1007/s002270050514. ISSN 0025-3162.


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