Delesseria | |
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Delesseria sanguinea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Ceramiales |
Family: | Delesseriaceae |
Genus: | Delesseria J.V.F.Lamouroux, 1813 |
Delesseria is a genus of red algae belonging to the family Delesseriaceae.[1]
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
The genus name of Delesseria is in honour of Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert (1773–1847), who was a French banker and naturalist.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux in Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Vol.20 on page 122 in 1813.