Aureophycus

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Aureophycus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Laminariales
Family: Aureophycaceae
H. Kawai & L.M. Ridgway, 2013[2]
Genus: Aureophycus
H. Kawai, T. Hanyuda, M. Lindeberg & S.C. Lindstrom, 2008[1]
Species:
A. aleuticus
Binomial name
Aureophycus aleuticus
H. Kawai, T. Hanyuda, M. Lindeberg & S.C. Lindstrom, 2008[1]

Aureophycus is a genus of kelp native to the waters of Karamil Island in the Aleutians, comprising a single species Aureophycus aleuticus, formally described in 2008. Each frond is six feet (two meters) long by two feet (sixty cm) wide with a strong yellow vein running along each edge (central vein lacking).[3][1] A 2013 study found the genus to be basal to Laminariales.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kawai, Hiroshi; Hanyuda, Takeaki; Lindeberg, Mandy; Lindstrom, Sandra C. (August 2008). "Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Aureophycus aleuticus gen. et sp. nov. (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) from the Aleutian Islands". Journal of Phycology. 44 (4): 1013–1021. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00548.x. ISSN 0022-3646. PMID 27041620.
  2. ^ a b Kawai, Hiroshi; Hanyuda, Takeaki; Ridgway, L. Michelle; Holser, Karin (22 August 2013). "Ancestral reproductive structure in basal kelp Aureophycus aleuticus". Scientific Reports. 3 (1): 2491. Bibcode:2013NatSR...3.2491K. doi:10.1038/srep02491. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 3749548. PMID 23966101.
  3. ^ Wheeler, Quinten; Pennak, Sara (2013). What on Earth?. New York: The Pinguin Group. pp. 76–77. ISBN 978-0-452-29814-9.


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