Pylaiella
Pylaiella littoralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Ectocarpales
Family: Acinetosporaceae
Genus: Pylaiella
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Pylaiella (mung) is a genus of seaweed (brown algae) that can be a nuisance due to its ability to coat people, ropes, animals, and more when it blooms close to the shore under particular conditions.[1]

Species

  • Pylaiella aquitanica Ruprecht, 1850
  • Pylaiella gardneri Collins, 1912
  • Pylaiella hooperi De Toni, 1895
  • Pylaiella littoralis (Linnaeus) Kjellman, 1872
  • Pylaiella nana Kjellman, 1883
  • Pylaiella penicilliformis Kjellman, 1906
  • Pylaiella petaloniae Noda, 1975
  • Pylaiella seriata Kuckuck, 2007
  • Pylaiella tenella Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1922
  • Pylaiella unilateralis Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1922
  • Pylaiella varia Kjellman, 1883
  • Pylaiella washingtoniensis C.C.Jao, 1937


References

  1. "ITIS- Pylaiella". Retrieved 2007-02-19.

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