Delisea pulchra | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Bonnemaisoniales |
Family: | Bonnemaisoniaceae |
Genus: | Delisea |
Species: | D. pulchra |
Binomial name | |
Delisea pulchra |
Delisea pulchra is a red algae found in Southern Australia, New Zealand, the Subantarctic Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. It produces a range of secondary metabolites called halogenated furanones that have ecological roles as defenses against epiphytes and herbivores.