Pseudothrix borealis Hanic & S.C.Lindstrom 2008
Publication Details
Pseudothrix borealis Hanic & S.C.Lindstrom 2008: 130, figs 1-20
Published in: Hanic, L.A. & Lindstrom, S.C. (2008). Life history and systematic studies of Pseudothrix borealis gen. et sp. nov. (=North Pacific Capsosiphon groenlandicus, Ulotrichaceae, Chlorophyta). Algae 23: 119-133.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Pseudothrix.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Alaska: Aleutian Islands: near Dutch Harbor airport, Amaknak Island; (Hanic & Lindstrom 2008: 130) Holotype: 4.viii.2004; UBC; A84928 (Hanic & Lindstrom 2008: 130)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), north, northern (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Gametophytic thalli tubular, consisting of small, rounded, irregularly arranged, widely spaced cells, often paired or in fours; monoecious, isogamous. Sporophytic thallus codiolum- or cyst-like. Tubular thalli arising from both aplanospores and zoospores with a distinctive development in which basal, non-septate rhizoids from the initially uniseriate filament are transformed into sep- tate uniseriate filaments, which then develop basal non- septate rhizoids; this pattern repeated to yield a tuft of up to 50 fronds. From other tubular green algae it differs in the primary structure of the nuclear encoded small subunit rRNA gene and the ITS regions.
Created: 27 October 2010 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 December 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024
