title: Delesseria
text: # Delesseria
  
  Delesseria is a genus of red algae belonging to the family Delesseriaceae.
  
  The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
  
  The genus name of Delesseria is in honour of Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert (1773–1847), who was a French banker and naturalist.
  
  The genus was circumscribed by Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux in Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Vol.20 on page 122 in 1813.
  
  ## Known species
  
  As of May 2021;
  
  * Delesseria baeri Ruprecht
  * Delesseria crozetii Levring, 1944
  * Delesseria decipiens
  * Delesseria imbricata Areschoug
  * Delesseria montagnei Kjellman
  * Delesseria ocellata (J.V.Lamouroux) J.V.Lamouroux
  * Delesseria sanguinea (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux
  