| Cystophora retroflexa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| (unranked): | SAR |
| Superphylum: | Heterokonta |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Fucales |
| Family: | Sargassaceae |
| Genus: | Cystophora |
| Species: | C. retroflexa |
| Binomial name | |
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Cystophora retroflexa (Labillardière) J.Agardh 1848 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Fucus retroflexus Labillardière 1807 |
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Fucus retroflexus Labillardière 1807
Cystophora retroflexa is a brown alga species in the genus Cystophora found in Tasmania. It is the type species in the genus.
The species contains phlorotannins of the classes of phlorethols and fucophlorethols (phloroglucinol, difucol, tetraphlorethol-E, pentaphlorethol-B, hexaphlorethol-A, fucotriphlorethol-G, fucotriphlorethol-H, fucotetraphlorethol-J, fucotetraphlorethol-K, fucopentaphlorethol-E, bisfucoheptaphlorethol-A, difucofucotriphlorethol-A, difucofucotetraphlorethol-B, terfucohexaphlorethol-B, terfucoheptaphlorethol-A, diphlorethol, triphlorethol-A, tetraphlorethol-C, fucophlorethol-B, fucodiphlorethol-D, fucotriphlorethol-B, fucotetra-phlorethol-B, bisfucotriphlorethol-A, bisfucotetraphlorethol-A, bisfucopentaphlorethol-A, bisfucopentaphlorethol-B, difucophlorethol-A, difucofucotetraphlorethol-A, terfucopentaphlorethol-A and terfucohexaphlorethol-A). There are also halogenated phlorethols and fucophlorethols (chlorinated, brominated and iodinated derivatives).