Gattya

Gattya pinnella (fig.VI, bottom right)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ceramiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Rhodymeniophycidae Ordo: Ceramiales

Familia: Ceramiaceae
Subfamilia: Crouanioideae
Tribus: Crouanieae
Genus: Gattya

Species: G. obtusa – G. pinnella

Name

Gattya Harvey, 1855

• Type species: Gattya pinnella Harvey
• named for Margaret Gatty (1809–1873), British explorer of algae and marine animals.

References

• Harvey, W.H. 1855. Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525–566. BHL Reference page. : 555
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Gattya. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 22 September 2017.

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