Gongolaria elegans (syn. Cystoseira elegans) is a species of brown algae in the family Sargassaceae endemic to the Mediterranean.[2]

Gongolaria elegans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Sargassaceae
Genus: Gongolaria
Species:
G. elegans
Binomial name
Gongolaria elegans
(Sauvageau) Molinari & Guiry, 2020
Synonyms[1]
  • Cystoseira elegans Sauvageau, 1912
  • Treptacantha elegans (Sauvageau) Orellana & Sansón, 2019

Hydroxylated diterpenoid-hydroquinones can be isolated from C. elegans.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Gongolaria elegans (Sauvageau) Molinari & Guiry 2020 AlgaeBase. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  2. ^ Neiva, J.M.; Bermejo, R.; Medrano, A.; Capdevila, P.; Milla-Figueras, D.; Afonso, P.; Ballesteros, E.; Sabour, B.; Serio, D.; Nóbrega, E.; Soares, J.; Valdazo, J.; Tuya, F.; Mulas, M.; Israel, A.; Sadogurska, S.S.; Guiry, M.D.; Pearson, G.A.; Serrão, E.A. (2023). "DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity, taxonomic conflicts and novel biogeographical insights in Cystoseira s.l. (Phaeophyceae)". European Journal of Phycology. 58 (3): 351–375. doi:10.1080/09670262.2022.2126894. hdl:10261/283058.
  3. ^ Hydroxylated diterpenoid-hydroquinones from cystoseira elegans: significant products or artifacts ? B. Banaigs, C. Francisco, E. Gonzalez, L. Comodier and William Fenical, Tetrahedron Letters, Volume 23, Issue 32, 1982, pages 3271-3272, doi:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)87589-9
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