Leniea | |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Gigartinales |
Family: | Kallymeniaceae |
Genus: |
Leniea R.L. Moe, 2009 |
Species | |
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Leniea is a genus of Antarctic marine red alga. [1] [2]
The genus name of Leniea is in honour of Pieter J. Lenie (1923–2015) (Belgian-) American (captain of the American Antarctic research ship RV Hero). [3]
The genus was circumscribed by Richard Lee Moe in Bot. Mar. vol.52 on page 523 in 2009. [4]
Leniea | |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Gigartinales |
Family: | Kallymeniaceae |
Genus: |
Leniea R.L. Moe, 2009 |
Species | |
|
Leniea is a genus of Antarctic marine red alga. [1] [2]
The genus name of Leniea is in honour of Pieter J. Lenie (1923–2015) (Belgian-) American (captain of the American Antarctic research ship RV Hero). [3]
The genus was circumscribed by Richard Lee Moe in Bot. Mar. vol.52 on page 523 in 2009. [4]