Dictyota menstrualis

Dictyota menstrualis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Division: Ochrophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Dictyotales
Family: Dictyotaceae
Genus: Dictyota
Species:
D. menstrualis
Binomial name
Dictyota menstrualis
(Hoyt) Schnetter, Hörnig & Weber-Peukert, 1987[1]

Dictyota menstrualis is a species of brown algae in the family Dictyotaceae.[2] This species is notably found along the coast of Brazil although it is also found elsewhere in the Atlantic Ocean including in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Dictyota menstrualis (Hoyt) Schnetter, Hörning & Weber-Peukert, 1987". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-04-25.
  2. ↑ "Dictyota menstrualis (Hoyt) Schnetter, Hörnig & Weber-Peukert 1987". AlgaeBase. Retrieved 2026-04-25.
  3. ↑ "Dictyota menstrualis (Hoyt) Schnetter, Hörning & Weber-Peukert, 1987". Ocean Biodiversity Information System. Retrieved 2026-04-25.
  4. ↑ Fábio do Nascimento Ávila; Luciana Gregório da Silva Souza; Pedro Bastos de Macedo Carneiro; Flávia Almeida Santos; Greyce Luri Sasahara; José Delano Barreto Marinho Filho; Ana Jérsia Araújo; Ayslan Batista Barros; Norberto de Kássio Vieira Monteiro; Edilberto Rocha Silveira; Otília Deusdênia Loiola Pessoa. "Anti-inflammatory diterpenoids from the Brazilian alga Dictyota menstrualis". Algal Research. Retrieved 2026-04-25.
  5. ↑ Nunes Pinheiro Georgii A.D.; Laneuville Teixeira V. "Dictyota and Canistrocarpus Brazilian Brown Algae and Their Bioactive Diterpenes—A Review". Marine Drugs. Retrieved 2026-04-25.