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Zonaria (alga)

Zonaria
Multi-fanned zonaria at Lorry Bay PB012113.JPG
Scientific classification
(unranked): SAR
Superphylum: Heterokonta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Dictyotales
Family: Dictyotaceae
Genus: Zonaria
C. Agardh, 1817

Zonaria is a genus of thalloid brown alga comprising approximately 12 species. Specimens can reach around 25 cm in size. Zonaria produces tetraspores.

The species currently recognised are:

The three Zonaria Australian species Z. turneriana, Z. crenata and Z. angustata produce phloroglucinol derivatives.



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