Bornetella

Bornetella is a genus of green algae in the family Dasycladaceae.

The genus name of Bornetella is in honour of Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet (1828–1911), was a French botanist and the genus was published in Compt. Rend. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci. Vol.85 on page 815 in 1877.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:-

• Bornetella capitata<small> (Harvey ex E.P.Wright) J.Agardh, 1887</small>
• Bornetella clavellina<small> Tanaka, 1956</small>
• Bornetella nitida<small> Munier-Chalmas ex Sonder, 1880</small>
• Bornetella oligospora<small> Solms-Laubach, 1892</small>
• Bornetella sphaerica<small> (Zanardini) Solms-Laubach, 1892</small>
• Bornetella vitileviana<small> H.Kasahara, 1998</small>

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