Pelvetia

Pelvetia
Close-up
Growing on the side of a slipway
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Fucaceae
Genus: Pelvetia
Decne. & Thur.
Species:
P. canaliculata
Binomial name
Pelvetia canaliculata
Synonyms [1]
  • Fucus canaliculatus L.
  • Halidrys canaliculata (L.) Stackhouse
  • Fucodium canaliculatum (L.) J.Agardh
  • Ascophyllum canaliculatum (L.) Kuntze
  • Ascophylla canaliculata (L.) Kuntze
  • Fucus excisus L.

Pelvetia canaliculata, the channelled wrack,[2] is a very common brown alga (Phaeophyceae) found on the rocks of the upper shores of Europe. It is the only species remaining in the monotypic genus Pelvetia.[1][3] In 1999, the other members of this genus were reclassified as Silvetia due to differences of oogonium structure and of nucleic acid sequences of the rDNA.[4]

  1. ^ a b M. D. Guiry & G. M. Guiry. "Genus: Pelvetia". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  2. ^ David Chapman (2008). Exploring the Cornish Coast. Penzance: Alison Hodge. p. 27. ISBN 9780906720561.
  3. ^ Fernando G. Cánovas; Catarina F. Mota; Ester A. Serrão; Gareth A. Pearson (2011). "Driving south: a multi-gene phylogeny of the brown algal family Fucaceae reveals relationships and recent drivers of a marine radiation". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11: 371. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-371. PMC 3292578. PMID 22188734.
  4. ^ Ester A. Serrão; Lawrence A. Alice; Susan H. Brawley (1999). "Evolution of the Fucaceae (Phaeophyceae) inferred from nrDNA-ITS" (PDF). Journal of Phycology. 35 (2): 382–394. doi:10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3520382.x. hdl:10400.1/4045. S2CID 84542536. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2013-06-10.