Durvillaea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Fucales
Family Durvillaeaceae
Genus Durvillaea
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Brighton, South Island, New Zealand. 16 Dec 2005. Svenja Heesch. © Svenja Heesch (svenja.heesch@nuigalway.ie).

Brighton, South Island, New Zealand. 16 Dec 2005. Svenja Heesch. © Svenja Heesch (svenja.heesch@nuigalway.ie).

holdfast of Durvillaea, Curinanco, X Region, Chile. 16 Nov 2005. Dirk Schories. © Dirk Schories (dirk.schories@gmx.de).

Curinanco, X Region, Chile. 16 Nov 2005. Dirk Schories. © Dirk Schories (dirk.schories@gmx.de).

Species from the lower intertidal region. Curinanco, X Region, Chile (together with Lessonia nigrescens). 16 Nov 2005. Dirk Schories. © Dirk Schories (dirk.schories@gmx.de).

Mar Brava, Chiloé, Chile. 31 Jan 2007. Frithjof Kuepper. © Frithjof Kuepper (fck@sams.ac.uk).

Mar Brava, Chiloé, Chile. 31 Jan 2007. Frithjof Kuepper. © Frithjof Kuepper (fck@sams.ac.uk).

Mar Brava, Chiloé, Chile; drift. 31 Jan 2007. Frithjof Kuepper. © Frithjof Kuepper (fck@sams.ac.uk).

Mar Brava, Chiloé, Chile. 31 Jan 2007. Frithjof Kuepper. © Frithjof Kuepper (fck@sams.ac.uk).

Mar Brava, Chiloé, Chile. 31 Jan 2007. Frithjof Kuepper. © Frithjof Kuepper (fck@sams.ac.uk).
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Publication details
Durvillaea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot 1892: 1432
Original publication: Hariot, P. (1892). Complément à la flore algologique de la Terre de Feu. Notarisia 7: 1427-1435.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Durvillaea is Durvillaea utilis Bory de Saint-Vincent.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Fucus antarcticus Chamisso
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), of or pertaining to the Antarctic (Stearn 1973).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus antarcticus Chamisso 1822
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Durvillaea utilis Bory de Saint-Vincent 1825
Laminaria caepaestipes Montagne 1839
Halymenia incurvata Suhr 1839
Durvillaea mastix Suhr 1841
Ecklonia caepaestipes (Montagne) Endlicher 1843
Durvillaea harveyi J.D.Hooker 1845
Durvillaea montagnei Kützing 1849
Sarcophycus simplex Kützing 1860
Durvillaea caepaestipes (Montagne) Skottsberg 1919
General environment
This is a marine species.
Common names
(as Durvillaea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot)
Chilean: Cochajugo (Lembi & Waaland 1988).
English: Bull kelp (Ohmi 1968), Cape, Thonged (Akatsuka 1994).
Spanish: Cochayuyo, Huilte, Ulte, Coyofe (Akatsuka 1994).
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Durvillaea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot)
Atlantic Islands: Gough Island (Chamberlain 1965).
South America: Argentina (Boraso & Zaixso 2011), Chile (Santelices 1989, Ramírez & Santelices 1991, Hoffmann & Santelices 1997, Graiff et al. 2013).
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Nelson & Phillips 1996, Adams 1997, Cho et al. 2006, Fraser et al. 2009, Harper et al. 2012, Graiff et al. 2013
), Norfolk Island (Millar 1999
), Tasmania (Graiff et al. 2013
).
Antarctic and the subantarctic islands: Macquarie Island (Ricker 1987).
(as Durvillaea caepaestipes (Montagne) Skottsberg)
Antarctic and the subantarctic islands: Antarctica/Subantarctic Islands (Papenfuss 1964).
Key references
Adams, N.M. (1997). Common seaweeds of New Zealand. pp. [1]-48, 48 pls. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press.
Cho, G.Y, Rousseau, F., Reviers, B. de & Boo, S.M. (2006). Phylogenetic relationships within the Fucales (Phaeophyceae) assessed by the photosystem I coding psaA sequences. Phycologia 45: 512-519.
Fraser, C.I., Hay, C.H., Spencer, H.G. & Waters, J.M. (2009). Genetic and morphological analyses of the Southern Bull Kelp Durvillaea antarctica (Phaeophyceae: Durvillaeales) in New Zealand reveal cryptic species. Journal of Phycology 45(2): 436-443, 6 figs, 2 tables.
Papenfuss, G.F. (1964). Catalogue and bibliography of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic benthic marine algae. In: Bibliography of the Antarctic Seas. (Lee, M.O. Eds) Vol.1, pp. 1-76. Washington D.C.: American Geophysical Union.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Durvillaea&species=antarctica
SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Durvillaea&Species=antarctica
Created: 11 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 04 February 2010 by Wendy Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 15980 times since it was created.
References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Castilla, J.C. & Bustamante, R.H. (1989). Human exclusion from rocky intertidal of Las Cruces, central Chile: effects on Durvillaea antarctica (Phaeophyta, Durvilleales). Marine Ecology Progress Series 50: 203-214.
Fraser, C.I., Hay, C.H., Spencer, H.G. & Waters, J.M. (2009). Genetic and morphological analyses of the Southern Bull Kelp Durvillaea antarctica (Phaeophyceae: Durvillaeales) in New Zealand reveal cryptic species. Journal of Phycology 45(2): 436-443, 6 figs, 2 tables.
Graiff, A., Karsten, U., Meyer, S., Pfender, D., Tala, F. & Thiel, M. (2013). Seasonal variation in floating persistence of detached Durvillaea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot thalli. Botanica Marina 56(1): 3-14.
Hay, C.H. (1979). Growth, mortality, longevity and standing crop of Durvillaea antarctica (Phaeophyceae) in New Zealand. Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 9: 97-104.
Hay, C.H. (1979). Some factors affecting the upper limit of the southern bull kelp Durvillaea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot on two New Zealand shores. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 9: 279-289.
Hay, C.H. (1988). The occurrence of Durvillaea antarctica (Durvillaeales, Phaeophyta) at South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean. Phycologia 27: 424-427.
Klemm, M.F. & Hallam, N.D. (1988). Standing crop of Durvillaea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot (Phaeophyta) on the Australian sub-Antarctic Macquarie and Heard Islands. Phycologia 27: 505-509.
Lawrence, J.M. (1986). Proximate composition and standing crop of Durvillaea antarctica (Phaeophyta) in the Bay of Morbihan, Kerguelen (South Indian Ocean). Marine Ecology Progress Series 33: 1-5.
South, G.R. & Hay, C.H. (1979). Influence of wave action and latitude on morphology and standing crop of New Zealand Durvillaea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot (Phaeophyta, Durvilleales). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 9: 289-296.
South, G.R. (1977). Alginate levels in New Zealand Durvillaea (Phaeophyceae), with particular reference to age variations in D. antarctica. Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 9: 133-142.
Stevens, C., Hurd, C., Smith, M. & Harder, D. (2001). Durvillaea antarctica: the strongest kelp in the world?. NIWA Water & Atmosphere 9(1): 8-9.
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 June 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:71640




