Martensia elegans

Martensia elegans is a red alga species in the genus Martensia. It is a common South African south coast species, extending into KwaZulu-Natal at least as far as Sodwana Bay.

Martensia elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Delesseriaceae
Genus: Martensia
Species:
M. elegans
Binomial name
Martensia elegans
K.Hering, 1841[1]
Synonyms
  • Capraella elegans (Harvey) J.De Toni 1936
  • Mesotrema elegans (Hering) Papenfuss 1942

References

  1. Diagnoses algarum novarum a cl. Dre. Ferdinand Krauss in Africa Australi lectarum. K Hering - Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, 1841


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