Rhizoclonium riparium (Roth) Harvey

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Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Cladophorales
Family Cladophoraceae
Genus Rhizoclonium

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Rhizoclonium riparium (Roth) Harvey Northern California

Publication details
Rhizoclonium riparium (Roth) Harvey 1849: pl. CCXXXVIII [238]

Original publication: Harvey, W.H. (1849). Phycologia britannica, or, a history of British sea-weeds: containing coloured figures, generic and specific characters, synonymes, and descriptions of all the species of algae inhabiting the shores of the British Islands. pp. text with plates, pls CCXVII-CCLXX [217-270]. London: Reeve & Benham.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Rhizoclonium is Rhizoclonium juergensii (Mertens) Kützing.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Conferva riparia Roth

Type information
Type locality: Norderney, East Frisian Islands, Germany (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 786). Lectotype: Mertens; BM (ex K) (Womersley 1984: 170). Notes: Womersley (1984: 170) notes that the holotype was destroyed.

Origin of species name
(Latin), growing on river banks, belonging to the shore (Dawes & Mathieson 2008).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Conferva riparia Roth 1806
Tiresias riparia (Roth) Areschoug 1851

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Rhizoclonium panniosum Kützing
Rhizoclonium salinum Kützing
Rhizoclonium implexum (Dillwyn) Kützing 1845
Rhizoclonium kerneri Stockmayer 1890

General environment
This is a Marine species.

Common names

(as Rhizoclonium riparium (Roth) Harvey)
English: Rooting Green Thread Weed (Bunker et al. 2010).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Rhizoclonium implexum (Dillwyn) Kützing)
Ireland: Cork (Cullinane 1971), Limerick (Cullinane 1969), Mayo (Cotton 1912).

Europe: Baltic Sea (Nielsen et al. 1995), Britain (Newton 1931), Faroe Islands (Nielsen & Gunnarsson 2001), Ireland (Cotton 1912, Cullinane 1969, Cullinane 1971), Portugal (Araujo et al. 2009), Romania (Caraus 2002), Veneto (Sfriso, A.).

North America: Alaska (Lindstrom 1977, Scagel et al. 1989), British Columbia (Scagel et al. 1989), California (Abbott & Hollenberg 1976, Scagel et al. 1989), Oregon (Hansen 1997), Washington (Scagel et al. 1989).

South America: Galápagos Islands (Ruiz & Ziemmeck 2011).

Africa: Benin (Lawson & John 1987), Cameroon (Lawson & John 1987), Gambia (Lawson & John 1987), Ghana (Lawson & John 1987), Nigeria (Lawson & John 1987), São Tomé & Príncipe (Lawson & John 1987), Sierra Leone (Lawson & John 1987), South Africa (Stegenga, Bolton & Anderson 1997).

Asia: China (Tseng 1984), Japan (Yoshida 1998, Titlyanov et al 2006).

Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Millar & Kraft 1994), New Zealand (Adams 1994, Broady et al. 2012), Queensland (Lewis 1987, Day et al. 1995, Phillips 1997, Phillips 2002, Bostock & Holland 2010), South Australia (Womersley 1984), Victoria (Womersley 1984).

Pacific Islands: Hawaiian Islands (Abbott & Huisman, 2004).

(as Rhizoclonium riparium (Roth) Harvey)
Arctic: Canada (Arctic) (Taylor 1957, Lee 1980), Svalbard (Fredriksen & Kile 2012).

Ireland: Clare (De Valéra et al. 1979), Cork (Guiry 1978), Donegal (Guiry 1978), Down (Guiry 1978), Dublin (Guiry 1978), Kerry (Guiry 1978), Mayo (Cotton 1912, Guiry 1978), Waterford (Guiry 1977, Guiry 1978), Wexford (Norton 1970, Guiry 1978).

Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978), Balearic Islands (Ribera Siguán 1983, Ribera Siguán & Gómez Garreta 1985), Baltic Sea (Nielsen et al. 1995), Britain (Newton 1931, Brodie et al. 2007), Corsica (Boudouresque & Perret 1977), Faroe Islands (Irvine 1982, Nielsen & Gunnarsson 2001), France (Feldmann 1954, Verlaque 2001, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007, Loiseaux-de Goër & Noailles 2008, Anon. 2012), Greece (Gerloff & Geissler 1974, Haritonidis & Tsekos 1976, Tsekos & Haritonidis 1977, Diapoulis, Haritonidis & Koussouris 1986, Athanasiadis 1987), Helgoland (Bartsch & Kuhlenkamp 2000), Ireland (Cotton 1912, Guiry 1977, Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979, Guiry 2012), Netherlands (Stegenga & Mol 1983, Hardy & Guiry 2003), Portugal (Ardré 1970, Araujo et al. 2009), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Miranda 1931, Miranda 1934, Ballesteros 1981, Ballesteros & Romero 1982, Fernández & Niell 1982, Boisset & Barceló 1984, Gallardo et al. 1985, Alvárez Cobelas & Gallardo 1986, Soto & Conde 1989, Guillermes, Cremades & Pérez-Cirera 1994, Rodriguez-Prieto et al. 1997, Gorostiaga et al., 2004, Bárbara et al. 2005, Cires Rodriguez & Cuesta Moliner 2010, Hernández et al. 2010), Spitsbergen (Vinogradova 1995), Sweden (Kylin 1907, Kylin 1949), Veneto (Sfriso, A.).

Atlantic Islands: Ascension (John et al. 2004), Bermuda (Taylor 1957, Taylor 1960), Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez & Afonso-Carrillo 1980, Haroun et al. 2002, Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, John et al. 2004, Anon 2011), Cape Verde Islands (John et al. 2004), E. Greenland (Lund 1959, Pedersen 1976), Greenland (Pedersen 2011), Iceland (Caram & Jónsson 1972).

North America: Alaska (Lindstrom 1977, Scagel et al. 1989), Baja California Sur (Gulf) (Pérez-Eatrada et al. 2012 ), British Columbia (Scagel et al. 1989), California (Abbott & Hollenberg 1976, Scagel et al. 1989, Stewart 1991, Miller 2012), Connecticut (Van Patten 2009), Florida (Taylor 1960, Dawes 1974, Littler, Littler & Hanisak 2008), Georgia (Schneider & Searles 1991), Labrador (Taylor 1957), Maine (Mathieson et al. 2001), Mississippi (Taylor 1960), New Brunswick (Saunders & Kucera 2010), New Hampshire (Mathieson & Hehre 1986), New Jersey (Taylor 1957), North Carolina (Taylor 1960, Schneider & Searles 1991), Oregon (Hansen 1997), Quebec (Taylor 1957), South Carolina (Taylor 1957), Texas (Wynne 2009), Virginia (Humm 1979), Washington (Scagel et al. 1989).

Central America: Baja California (Norris 2010), Belize (Littler & Littler 1997), Costa Rica (Fernández-García et al. 2011), El Salvador (Fernández-García et al. 2011), Guatemala (Fernández-García et al. 2011), México (Pacific) (Pedroche et al. 2005), Panama (Wysor 2004, Fernández-García et al. 2011).

Caribbean Islands: Bahamas (Taylor 1960), Caribbean (Littler & Littler 2000), Cuba (Taylor 1960, Suárez 2005), Jamaica (Taylor 1960), Lesser Antilles (Taylor 1960), Trinidad & Tobago (Taylor 1960, Richardson 1975, Duncan & Lee Lum 2006).

Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).

South America: Argentina (Boraso de Zaixso 2004, Boraso & Zaixso 2011), Brazil (Joly 1957, Taylor 1960, Joly 1965, Oliveira Filho 1977, Moura 2010, Almeida et al. 2012), Chile (Ramírez & Santelices 1991), Galápagos Islands (Taylor 1945, Ruiz & Ziemmeck 2011), Peru (Ramírez & Santelices 1991), Uruguay (Coll & Oliveira 1999), Venezuela (Ganesan 1990).

Africa: Angola (John et al. 2004), Benin (John et al. 2004), Cameroon (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003, John et al. 2004), Côte d'Ivoire (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003, John et al. 2004), Equatorial Guinea (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003, John et al. 2004), Gabon (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003), Gambia (John et al. 2004), Ghana (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003, John et al. 2004), Mauritania (John et al. 2004), Nigeria (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003, John et al. 2004), São Tomé & Príncipe (John et al. 2004), Sierra Leone (John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003, John et al. 2004), South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Tanzania (Oliveira, Österlund & Mtolera 2005), Togo (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003, John et al. 2004), Tunisia (Ben Maiz, Boudouresque & Quahchi 1987).

South-west Asia: Bangladesh (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Sahoo et al. 2001, Sahoo et al. 2001), Sri Lanka (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

Asia: China (Tseng 1984, Zeng 2009, Titlyanov et al. 2011), Commander Islands (Selivanova & Zhigadlova 1997), Kamchatka (Klochkova, Korolyova & Kusidi 2009), Korea (Lee & Kang 2001, Bae 2010).

South-east Asia: Philippines (Silva, Meñez & Moe 1987), Vietnam (Pham-Hoàng 1969, Tien 2007).

Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Millar & Kraft 1994), New Zealand (Adams 1994, Broady et al. 2012), Queensland (Lewis 1987, Day et al. 1995, Phillips 1997, Phillips 2002, Bostock & Holland 2010), South Australia (Womersley 1984), Tasmania (Womersley 1984), Western Australia (Day et al. 1995).

Pacific Islands: Federated States of Micronesia (Lobban & Tsuda 2003), Hawaiian Islands (Abbott & Huisman, 2004), Mariana Islands (Tsuda 2003).

Antarctic and the subantarctic islands: Antarctica/Subantarctic Islands (Papenfuss 1964).

(as Rhizoclonium kerneri Stockmayer)
Europe: Corsica (Coppejans 1979), France (Feldmann 1937, Feldmann 1954, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007), Italy (Funk 1961, Giaccone 1969), Portugal (Ardré 1970).

Atlantic Islands: Bermuda (Taylor 1957, Taylor 1960).

North America: Maine (Taylor 1957), Massachusetts (Taylor 1957), Virginia (Humm 1979).

Central America: Islas Revillagigedo (Taylor 1945).

Caribbean Islands: Hispaniola (Taylor 1960), Jamaica (Taylor 1960), Lesser Antilles (Taylor 1960, Taylor 1969), Netherlands Antilles (Taylor 1960), Virgin Islands (Taylor 1960).

South America: Brazil (Joly 1965, Oliveira Filho 1977).

Africa: Mauritius (Børgesen 1940), Morocco (Dangeard 1949).

South-east Asia: Philippines (Silva, Meñez & Moe 1987), Vietnam (Pham-Hoàng 1969, Tien 2007).

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Adams 1994, Broady et al. 2012).

Pacific Islands: Fiji (N'Yeurt, South & Keats 1996).

Taxonomic notes
According to Burrows (1991) this species is a synonym of Rhizoclonium tortuosum (Dillwyn) Kützing. Guiry (1997) cites this species as a synonym of Rhizoclonium tortuosum; see Burrows (1991). Also noted; Silva, Basson & Moe (1996) regard this as a seperate species. John et al. (2004) cite Rhizoclonium riparium var. implexum (Dillwyn) Rosenv., R. implexum (Dillwyn) Kütz. and Lola implexum (Harv.) Hamel as synonyms of this species. They note that all records of R. implexum and L. implexum are now placed under R. riparium var. implexum, see John et al. (2003).

Nomenclatural notes
Lawson & John (1987) cite this species as Rhizoclonium riparium (Roth) Kützing in Harvey, 1849.

Key references
Almeida, W.R. de, Alves, A.M., Guimarães, S.M.P. de B. & Moura, C.W. do N. (2012). Cladophorales and Siphonocladales (Chlorophyta) from Bimbarras Island, Todos os Santos Bay, Bahia Stae, Brazil. Iheringia Série Botanica 67(2): 149-164.

Burova, O.V., Tsarenko, P.M., Kovalenko, O.V., Mikhailyuk, T.I., Petlovany, O.A., Lilitska, G.G. & Bilous, O.P. (2011). Ulvophyceae. In: Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Volume 3: Chlorophyta. (Tsarenko, P.M., Wasser, S.P. & Nevo, E. Eds), pp. 20-61. Ruggell: A.R.A. Gantner Verlag K.-G.

Ding, L. & Luan, R. (2013). Flora algarum marinarum sinicarum Tomus IV Chlorophyta No. I Ulotrichales Chaetophorales, Phaeophilales Ulvales Acrosiphoniales. pp. [i]-xxi, 1-173, pls I-VI. Beijing: Science Press.

Klochkova, N.G., Korolyova, T.N. & Kusidi, A.E. (2009). [Atlas of algae-macrophytes Kamchatka waters. Vol 1. Green algae and brown algae]. pp. 1-216. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: KamchatNIRO Press.

Loiseaux-de Goër, S. & Noailles, M.-C. (2008). Algues de Roscoff. pp. [1]-215, col. figs. Roscoff: Editions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.

Norris, J.N. (2010). Marine algae of the Northern Gulf of California: Chlorophyta and Phaeophyceae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 94: i-x, 1-276.

Papenfuss, G.F. (1964). Catalogue and bibliography of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic benthic marine algae. In: Bibliography of the Antarctic Seas. (Lee, M.O. Eds) Vol.1, pp. 1-76. Washington D.C.: American Geophysical Union.

Pedroche, F.F., Silva, P.C., Aguilar-Rosas, L.E., Dreckmann, K.M. & Aguilar-Rosas, R. (2005). Catálogo de las algas marinas bentónicas del Pacífico de México. I. Chlorophycota. pp. i-viii, 17-146. Ensenada, México: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California.

Scagel, R.F. (1957). An annotated list of the marine algae of British Columbia and northern Washington (including keys to genera). Bulletin, National Museum of Canada 150: [i]-vi, 1-289.

Sfriso, A. (2011). Chlorophyta multicellulari e fanerogame acquatiche. Ambiente di transizione italiani e litorali adiacenti. pp. [1]-318, pls 1-94. Bologna: Arpa Emilia-Romagna.

Smith, G.M. (1944). Marine algae of the Monterey Peninsula. pp. i-ix, 1-622, 98 pls. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Titlyanova, T.V., Titlyanov, E.A., Xia, B. & Bartsch, I. (2012). New records of benthic marine green algae (Chlorophyta) for the island of Hainan (China). Nova Hedwigia 94: 441-470.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Rhizoclonium&species=riparium

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Rhizoclonium&Species=riparium

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 01 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 20 May 2013 by M.D. Guiry

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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Hall, D.J. & Walmsley, R.D. (1991). Effect of temperature on germination of Rhizoclonium riparium (Siphonocladales, Chlorophyta) akinetes and zoospores. Journal of Phycology 27: 537-539, 2 figs, 2 tables.
Mikaji, K. (1992). The occurrence of Rhizoclonium riparium and R. tortuosum (Chlorophyceae) on the coast of Hokkaido, Japan. Japanese Journal of Phycology 40: 167-172.
Miyaji, K. (1992). The occurence of Rhizoclonium riparium and R. tortuosum (Chlorophyceae) on the coast of Hokkaido, Japan. Japanese Journal of Phycology 40: 167-172.
Nienhuis, P. H. & de Bree, B. H. H. (1981). Morphological variability in Rhizoclonium riparium (Roth.) Harv. (Clorophyceae: Cladophorales) under natural and experimental conditions. Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 8: 434-442.
Nienhuis, P.H. (1974). Variability in the life cycle of Rhizoclonium riparium (Roth) Harv. (Chlorophyceae: Cladophorales) under Dutch estuarine conditions. Hydrobiol. Bull. 8: 172-178.
Nienhuis, P.H. (1975). Biosystematics and ecology of Rhizoclonium riparium (Roth) Harv. (Chlorophyceae: Cladophorales) in the estuarine area of the Rivers Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt. pp. 6-18. Rotterdam.

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