Pavlova is a genus of algae belonging to the family Pavlovaceae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
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".
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; Pavlova calceolata Pavlova ennorea Pavlova granifera Pavlova gyrans Pavlova helicata Pavlova hommersandii Pavlova lutheri Pavlova mesolychnon Pavlova noctivaga Pavlova pinguis Pavlova salina Pavlova virescens Pavlova viridis
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