Superphylum Heterokonta Order Fucales Genus Cystophora | Class Phaeophyceae Family Sargassaceae Rank Species | |
Similar Carpophyllum maschalocarpum, Analipus japonicus, Ecklonia radiata, Hormosira banksii, Bifurcaria | ||
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).