Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Chlorophyta > Class Ulvophyceae > Order Siphonocladales > Family Valoniaceae

Valonia C.Agardh, 1823

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ventricaria*	J.L.Olsen & J.A.West, 1988	synonym

Children

Valonia aegagropila C.Agardh, 1823
Valonia caespitosa P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan
Valonia macrophysa Kützing, 1843
Valonia utricularis (Roth) C.Agardh, 1823
Valonia ventricosa J.Agardh, 1887

Literature

basis of record	Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38
additional source	Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2).
additional source	Algaebase

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

External Links

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Citation

Guiry, Michael D. (2014). Valonia C.Agardh, 1823. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144267