Claudea elegans
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Claudea elegans W.H. Harvey Phycologia Australica Plate 1 | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Ceramiales |
Family: | Delesseriaceae |
Genus: | Claudea |
Species: | C. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Claudea elegans J.V. Lamouroux, 1813
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Claudea elegans is a marine red alga species in the genus Claudea. It occurs in tropical waters in Australia, India, Pakistan and Brazil and may reach 40 centimeters in length.[1]
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References
[edit]- ^ Boll, P. K. "Friday Fellow: Elegant Claudea". Retrieved 2016-02-26.