Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Heterokonta > Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae > Subclass Fucophycidae > Order Ectocarpales > Family Scytosiphonaceae > Tribe Scytosiphoneae

Petalonia Derbès & Solier, 1850

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phycolapathum*	Kützing, 1843	synonym
*Phyllitis*	Kützing, 1843	synonym

Children

Petalonia binghamiae (J.Agardh) K.L.Vinogradova, 1973
Petalonia fascia (O.F.Müller) Kuntze, 1898

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: セイヨウハバノリ属

Literature

original description	Derbès, A.A.; Solier, A.J.J. (1850). Sur les organes reproducteurs des algues. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique. 14(3): 261-282, pls 32-37.
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38
additional source	Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany. 79: 1-1259.
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Petalonia Derbès & Solier, 1850. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144257