Delisea pulchra
Delisea pulchra | |
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Delisea pulchra at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo | |
Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Bonnemaisoniales |
Family: | Bonnemaisoniaceae |
Genus: | Delisea |
Species: | D. pulchra |
Binomial name | |
Delisea pulchra (Greville) Montagne | |
Synonyms | |
Delisea japonica |
Delisea pulchra is a red algae found in Southern Australia, New Zealand, the Subantarctic Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. It produces a range of secondary metabolites called halogenated furanones that have ecological roles as defenses against epiphytes and herbivores.
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