Durvillaea chathamensis

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Durvillaea chathamensis
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Durvillaeae chathamensis at Wharekauri Beach, Chatham Island
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Durvillaeaceae
Genus: Durvillaea
Species:
D. chathamensis
Binomial name
Durvillaea chathamensis
C.H.Hay, 1979

Durvillaea chathamensis is a large, robust species of southern bull kelp endemic to the Chatham Islands of New Zealand. [1]

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Distribution

Durvillaea chathamensis is endemic to the Chatham Islands of New Zealand. [1] [2] [3]

Moriori culture

D. chathamensis was also used to create semi-submerged dingies called waka kōrari by Moriori. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Cameron H., Hay (1979). "Nomenclature and taxonomy within the genus Durvillaea Bory (Phaeophyceae: Durvilleales Petrov)". Phycologia. 18 (3): 191–202. Bibcode:1979Phyco..18..191H. doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-18-3-191.1.
  2. Fraser, C.I.; Winter, D.J.; Spencer, H.G.; Waters, J.M. (2010). "Multigene phylogeny of the southern bull-kelp genus Durvillaea (Phaeophyceae: Fucales)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (3): 1301–11. Bibcode:2010MolPE..57.1301F. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.10.011. PMID   20971197.
  3. 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. Vennell, Robert (2019). The Meaning of Trees. Auckland: HarperCollins UK. pp. 188–193. ISBN   978-1-77554-130-1. LCCN   2019403535. OCLC   1088638115. OL   28714658M. Wikidata   Q118646408.