Pavlova Butcher 1952

Pavlova is a genus of algae belonging to the family Pavlovaceae.^[1]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.^[2]

The genus name of Pavlova is in honour of Anna Pawlowna Pawlowa (1881–1931), who was a Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. This is because "the movement of the type species, Pavlova gyrans, is positively balletic".^[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Roger William Butcher in J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. vol.31 on page 183, fig. 35-38 in 1952.

Species

As accepted by Algaebase;^[1]

• Pavlova calceolata J.van der Veer
• Pavlova ennorea van der Veer & Leewis
• Pavlova granifera (B.Mack) J.C.Green
• Pavlova gyrans Butcher
• Pavlova helicata J.van der Veer
• Pavlova hommersandii P.H.Campbell
• Pavlova lutheri (Droop) J.C.Green
• Pavlova mesolychnon J.van der Veer
• Pavlova noctivaga (Kalina) van der Veer & Leewis
• Pavlova pinguis J.C.Green
• Pavlova salina (N.Carter) J.C.Green
• Pavlova virescens Billard
• Pavlova viridis C.K.Tseng, J.Chen & X.Zhang

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