Entwisleia

Entwisleia is a genus in the red algae family, Entwisleiaceae. There is just one species (the type species) in this genus, Entwisleia bella, from southeastern Tasmania and represents both a new family and a new order in the Nemaliophycidae.[1][2]

Entwisleia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Subclass:	Nemaliophycidae
Order:	Entwisleiales
Family:	Entwisleiaceae
Genus:	Entwisleia F.J.Scott, G.W.Saunders & Kraft, 2013[1][2]
Species
Entwisleia bella

It is a marine species found in the Derwent River estuary. It grows at depths between 5.0 and 9.0 m and is found scattered on mudstone reef flats dusted or shallowly covered by sand. The site at which it was found is subject to episodic high-rainfall events throughout the year and heavy swells in winter.[2] It is a feathery[3] dioecious seaweed, very like the freshwater red algae, Batrachospermum, but from DNA sequencing, appears to be quite unrelated.[4][2] Scott et al.'s (2013) study shows it as a sister clade of the Colaconematales.[2]

The genus was named to honour Tim Entwisle.[2]

References

1. M.D. Guiry. "Entwisleia F.J.Scott, G.W.Saunders & Kraft, 2013 :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
2. Scott, Fiona J.; Saunders, Gary W.; Kraft, Gerald T. (2013). "Entwisleia bella, gen. et sp. nov., a novel marine 'batrachospermaceous' red alga from southeastern Tasmania representing a new family and order in the Nemaliophycidae". European Journal of Phycology. 48 (4): 398–410. doi:10.1080/09670262.2013.849359. ISSN 0967-0262. pdf
3. Smith, Bridie (1 September 2013). "Sea! Alga discovery a feather in expert's cap". The Age. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
4. Entwisle, T. (September 2013). "Talking Plants: New Seaweed may be Hobart's Wollemi Pine". Talking Plants. Retrieved 29 October 2019.