Phaeosaccion | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Class: | Aurophyceae |
Order: | Phaeothamniales |
Family: | Phaeosaccionaceae |
Genus: |
Phaeosaccion Farlow 1882 |
Species: | P. collinsii
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Binomial name | |
Phaeosaccion collinsii Farlow 1882
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Phaeosaccion is a genus of algae with monostromatic tubular to saccate thalli, up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long and to 2 centimetres (0.79 in) wide. It is the sole genus in the family Phaeosaccionaceae. [1] It is olive brown and resembles young plants of Scytosiphon. [1] The sole species in the genus is Phaeosaccion collinsii, a species of marine algae. [2] [3] It was first identified in a publication by W.G. Farlow in the article Notes on New England algae published in Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club in 1882. [2] It was named in honor of Frank Shipley Collins. [3]: 56 Phaeosacchion collinsii is red listed in Iceland as a vulnerable species (VU). [4]