Delisea pulchra

Delisea pulchra
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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