| Delisea pulchra | |
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| Delisea pulchra at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Bonnemaisoniales |
| Family: | Bonnemaisoniaceae |
| Genus: | Delisea |
| Species: | D. pulchra
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| Binomial name | |
| Delisea pulchra (Greville) Montagne
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| Synonyms | |
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Delisea japonica | |
Delisea pulchra is a red algae found in Southern Australia, New Zealand, the Subantarctic Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula.[1] It produces a range of secondary metabolites called halogenated furanones that have ecological roles as defenses against epiphytes and herbivores.[2]
- ^ Womersley, H. B. S. (Hugh Bryan Spencer) (1984). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. D.J Woolman, Govt. Printer. ISBN 978-0642248497. OCLC 13331680.
- ^ Dworjanyn, S. A.; Nys, R. De; Steinberg, P. D. (1999-05-01). "Localisation and surface quantification of secondary metabolites in the red alga Delisea pulchra". Marine Biology. 133 (4): 727–736. doi:10.1007/s002270050514. ISSN 0025-3162.