Padina pavonica

Padina pavonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Dictyotales
Family: Dictyotaceae
Genus: Padina
Species:
P. pavonica
Binomial name
Padina pavonica
Synonyms[1]
  • Dictyota pavonia (Linnaeus) Lamouroux, 1809
  • Fucus pavonicus Linnaeus, 1753
  • Fucus pavonius Linnaeus, 1759
  • Padina mediterranea Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827
  • Padina pavonia (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux, 1816
  • Ulva pavonia (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, 1767
  • Zonaria pavonia C.Agardh, 1820

Padina pavonica, commonly known as the peacock's tail,[2] is a small brown alga found in the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It inhabits pools in the littoral zone typically with clayey, silty or sandy sediments. Other habitats include rocks and shell fragments in the shallow sublittoral, seagrass meadows, mangrove roots and coral reefs on tidal flats.

  1. ^ a b Guiry, Michael D. (2015). "Padina pavonica (Linnaeus) Thivy, 1960". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  2. ^ "MCZ Peacock's Tail". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 15 February 2019.