Bossiella

Bossiella
Bossiella orbigniana
Scientific classification
Clade:	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Corallinales
Family:	Corallinaceae
Subfamily:	Corallinoideae
Genus:	Bossiella P.C. Silva, 1957

Bossiella is a genus of coralline algae with 5 recognised species. It reproduces via conceptacles; individual thalli only produce conceptacles of a single sex. ^[1]

Species

The valid species currently considered to belong to this genus are:

• Bossiella californica
• Bossiella chiloensis
• Bossiella compressa
• Bossiella orbigniana
• Bossiella plumosa

References

• Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Bossiella". AlgaeBase . World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2009-04-19.

1. Johansen, H. W. (1973). "Ontogeny of Sexual Conceptacles in a Species of Bossiella (Corallinaceae)". Journal of Phycology. 9 (2): 141. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.1973.tb04069.x.

External links

• Images of Bossiella at Algaebase