Durvillaea is a genus of brown algae (class Phaeophyceae) of the order Fucales. It is named after French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville [1790-1842]. Members of the genus are found in New Zealand, South America, and Australia and are sometimes called bull kelp, which is a common name for a large kelp. Species include:

• Durvillaea antarctica
• Durvillaea poha
• Durvillaea chathamensis, unique to the Chatham Islands
• Durvillaea potatorum
• Durvillaea willana

References

• Adams, N.M. (1994). Seaweeds of New Zealand. Canterbury University Press
• Morton, J.W., Miller, M.C. (1973) The New Zealand Seashore. Collins.
• Fraser, C.I., Winter D.J., Spencer, H.G., Waters J.M. (2010) Multigene phylogeny of the southern bull-kelp genus Durvillaea (Phaeophyceae: Fucales). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 57:1301–1311. [doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.10.011]
• Fraser, C.I., Spencer, H.G., Waters J.M. (2012) Durvillaea poha sp. nov. (Fucales, Phaeophyceae): a buoyant southern bull-kelp species endemic to New Zealand. Phycologia, 51:151–156. [doi: 10.2216/11-47.1]

See also

• M. Huisman, John (2000). Marine Plants of Australia. University of Western Australia Press. pp. 212. ISBN 978-1-876268-33-6. 

External links

Durvillaea at Algaebase