# Crouania

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***Crouania*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of red algae ([Rhodophyta](/source/Rhodophyta)) in the [Callithamniaceae](/source/Callithamniaceae) family. The name of the genus honours the French born Crouan brothers, [Pierre-Louis Crouan](/source/Pierre-Louis_Crouan) (1798 - 1871) and [Hippolyte-Marie Crouan](/source/Hippolyte-Marie_Crouan) (1802 - 1871).[1][2] It was first described by [Jacob Georg Agardh](/source/Jacob_Georg_Agardh) in 1842, and the type species is *[Crouania attenuata](/source/Crouania_attenuata)*.[3][4]

## Species list

According to WoRMS:[5]

- *[Crouania attenuata](/source/Crouania_attenuata)* (C.Agardh) J.Agardh (**type species**)
- *[Crouania boergesenii](/source/Crouania_boergesenii)* B.Subramanian
- *[Crouania brunyana](/source/Crouania_brunyana)* Wollaston
- *[Crouania capricornica](/source/Crouania_capricornica)* Saenger & Wollaston
- *[Crouania dampieriana](/source/Crouania_dampieriana)* Huisman, 2018
- *[Crouania destriana](/source/Crouania_destriana)* Wollaston
- *[Crouania eliseae](/source/Crouania_eliseae)* C.W.Schneider
- *[Crouania francescoi](/source/Crouania_francescoi)* Cormaci, G.Furnari & Scammacca
- *[Crouania ischiana](/source/Crouania_ischiana)* (Funk) C.F.Boudouresque & M.M.Perret-Boudouresque
- *[Crouania iyengarii](/source/Crouania_iyengarii)* B.Subramanian
- *[Crouania mageshimensis](/source/Crouania_mageshimensis)* Itono
- *[Crouania mayae](/source/Crouania_mayae)* Mateo-Cid, Mendoza-González & Searles
- *[Crouania mucosa](/source/Crouania_mucosa)* Wollaston
- *[Crouania pleonospora](/source/Crouania_pleonospora)* W.R.Taylor
- *[Crouania pumila](/source/Crouania_pumila)* B.Gavio, V.P.Reyes-Gómez & M.J.Wynne, 2013
- *[Crouania robbii](/source/Crouania_robbii)* Wollaston
- *[Crouania shepleyana](/source/Crouania_shepleyana)* Wollaston
- *[Crouania willae](/source/Crouania_willae)* R.E.Norris

According to [Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera](/source/Interim_Register_of_Marine_and_Nonmarine_Genera):[6]

- *[Crouania attenuata](/source/Crouania_attenuata)* (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1842
- *[Crouania boergesenii](/source/Crouania_boergesenii)* B.Subramanian, 1985
- *[Crouania brunyana](/source/Crouania_brunyana)* Wollaston, 1998
- *[Crouania capricornica](/source/Crouania_capricornica)* Saenger & Wollaston, 1982
- *[Crouania destriana](/source/Crouania_destriana)* Wollaston, 1968
- *[Crouania divaricata](/source/Crouania_divaricata)* Okamura, 1902
- *[Crouania elisiae](/source/Crouania_elisiae)* C.W.Schneider, 2004
- *[Crouania francescoi](/source/Crouania_francescoi)* Cormaci, G.Furnari & Scammacca, 1978
- *[Crouania ischiana](/source/Crouania_ischiana)* (Funk) C.F.Boudouresque & M.M.Perret-Boudouresque, 1987
- *[Crouania iyengarii](/source/Crouania_iyengarii)* B.Subramanian, 1985
- *[Crouania mageshimensis](/source/Crouania_mageshimensis)* Itono, 1977
- *[Crouania mayae](/source/Crouania_mayae)* Mateo-Cid, Mendoza-González & Searles, 2002
- *[Crouania minutissima](/source/Crouania_minutissima)* Yamada, 1944
- *[Crouania mucosa](/source/Crouania_mucosa)* Wollaston, 1968
- *[Crouania pleonospora](/source/Crouania_pleonospora)* W.R.Taylor, 1928
- *[Crouania robbii](/source/Crouania_robbii)* Wollaston, 1998
- *[Crouania shepleyana](/source/Crouania_shepleyana)* Wollaston, 1968
- *[Crouania willae](/source/Crouania_willae)* R.E.Norris, 1986

## References

1. M.D. Guiry (2020). ["*Crouania* J.Agardh"](https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=33049). *AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway*. Guiry, M.D. (ed.). Retrieved 20 July 2020.

1. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). [*Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen*](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022) [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. [doi:10.3372/epolist2022](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022). ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

1. ["*Crouania* J.Agardh"](http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/amani?taxon_id=495). *Australian Marine Algal Name Index (AMANI)*

1. Agardh, J.G. (1842). *Algae maris Mediterranei et Adriatici, observationes in diagnosin specierum et dispositionem generum*. p. 83.

1. Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2020). ["*Crouania* J.Agardh, 1842"](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143837). *AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway*. Retrieved 21 July 2020. – via World Register of Marine Species.

1. ["*Crouania* J.Agardh, 1842"](https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1382570). *Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera*. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

## External links

- [Systềme canadien d'information sur la biodiversitẻ: *Crouania*](https://www.cbif.gc.ca/acp/fra/siti/regarder?tsn=13076)

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