Durvillaea

Durvillaea
Durvillaea antarctica and D. willana on Taieri Island
Durvillaea antarctica and D. willana on Taieri Island
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Durvillaeaceae
(Oltmanns) De Toni
Genus: Durvillaea
Bory
Type species
D. antarctica
Species

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Durvillaea is a genus of large brown algae in the monotypic family Durvillaeaceae. All members of the genus are found in the southern hemisphere, including Australia, New Zealand, South America, and various subantarctic islands.[2][3] Durvillaea, commonly known as southern bull kelps, occur on rocky, wave-exposed shorelines and provide a habitat for numerous intertidal organisms.[4][5] Many species exhibit a honeycomb-like structure in their fronds that provides buoyancy, which allows individuals detached from substrates to raft alive at sea, permitting dispersal for hundreds of days over thousands of kilometres.[3][6][7] Durvillaea species have been used for clothing, tools and as a food source by many indigenous cultures throughout the South Pacific, and they continue to play a prominent role in Chilean cuisine.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bory was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Hay, Cameron H. (1977). A biological study of Durvillaea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot and D. willana Lindauer in New Zealand (Doctor of Philosophy thesis). University of Canterbury. hdl:10092/5690.
  3. ^ a b c Fraser, Ceridwen I.; Velásquez, Marcel; Nelson, Wendy A.; Macaya, Erasmo C.A.; Hay, Cameron (2019). "The biogeographic importance of buoyancy in macroalgae: a case study of the southern bull-kelp genus Durvillaea (Phaeophyceae), including descriptions of two new species". Journal of Phycology. 56 (1): 23–36. doi:10.1111/jpy.12939. PMID 31642057.
  4. ^ Luca, Mondardini (2018). Effect of earthquake and storm disturbances on bull kelp (Durvillaea ssp.) and analyses of holdfast invertebrate communities (Master of Science in Environmental Sciences thesis). University of Canterbury. hdl:10092/15095.
  5. ^ Parvizi, Elahe; Dutoit, Ludovic; Fraser, Ceridwen I.; Craw, Dave; Waters, Jonathan M. (2022). "Concordant phylogeographic responses to large-scale coastal disturbance in intertidal macroalgae and their epibiota". Molecular Ecology. 31 (2): 646–657. Bibcode:2022MolEc..31..646P. doi:10.1111/mec.16245. PMID 34695264. S2CID 239888553.
  6. ^ Tala, Fadia; López, Boris A.; Velásquez, Marcel; Jeldres, Ricardo; Macaya, Erasmo C.; Mansilla, Andrés; Ojeda, Jaime; Thiel, Martin (2019). "Long-term persistence of the floating bull kelp Durvillaea antarctica from the South-East Pacific: Potential contribution to local and transoceanic connectivity". Marine Environmental Research. 149: 67–79. Bibcode:2019MarER.149...67T. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.05.013. PMID 31154063. S2CID 173993590.
  7. ^ Fraser, Ceridwen I.; Dutoit, Ludovic; Morrison, Adele K.; Pardo, Luis Miguel; Smith, Stephen D.A.; Pearman, William S.; Parvizi, Elahe; Waters, Jonathan; Macaya, Erasmo C. (2022). "Southern Hemisphere coasts are biologically connected by frequent, long-distance rafting events". Current Biology. 32 (14): 3154–3160.e3. Bibcode:2022CBio...32E3154F. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.035. PMID 35679870. S2CID 249478074.