Durvillaea incurvata

Short description: Species of seaweed

Durvillaea incurvata

Durvillaea incurvata washed up on a beach in Chile
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Clade:  | Diaphoretickes
Clade:  | SAR
Clade:  | Stramenopiles
Phylum:  | Gyrista
Subphylum:  | Ochrophytina
Class:  | Phaeophyceae
Order:  | Fucales
Family:  | Durvillaeaceae
Genus:  | Durvillaea
Species:  |

D. incurvata

Binomial name
Durvillaea incurvata

(Suhr) Macaya[1]

Durvillaea incurvata is a large, robust species of southern bull kelp endemic to Chile.

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 Human use
* 4 References

## Description

Durvillaea incurvata has unbranched stipes, and many holes occur on the primary and secondary blades.[1]

## Distribution

Durvillaea fenestrata is endemic to Chile from the coasts of Coquimbo to Betecoi Island in Guaitecas Archipelago.[1][2]

## Human use

Along with D. antarctica, D. incurvata is used in Chilean cuisine. The Mapuche call the species kollof and in Quechua the stipes are called ulte or huilte, and the blades are cochayuyo.[1]

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Fraser, Ceridwen I.; Velásquez, Marcel; Nelson, Wendy A.; Macaya, Erasmo C.A.; Hay, Cameron (2019). "The biogeographic importance of buoyancy in macroalgae: a case study of the southern bull‐kelp genus Durvillaea (Phaeophyceae), including descriptions of two new species". Journal of Phycology 56 (1): 23–36. doi:10.1111/jpy.12939. PMID 31642057.
2. ↑ Fraser, C.I.; Winter, D.J.; Spencer, H.G.; Waters, J.M. (2010). "Multigene phylogeny of the southern bull-kelp genus Durvillaea (Phaeophyceae: Fucales)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57 (3): 1301–11. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.10.011. PMID 20971197.

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