Porphyra columbina Montagne

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Bangiophyceae
Subclass Bangiophycidae
Order Bangiales
Family Bangiaceae
Genus Porphyra

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Mar Brava, Chiloé, Chile; Dried plants sold as food on fish market. 21 Jan 2007. Frithjof Kuepper. © Frithjof Kuepper (fck@sams.ac.uk).

Publication details
Porphyra columbina Montagne 1842: 14

Original publication: Montagne, [J.F.] C. (1842). Prodromus generum specierumque phycearum novarum, in itinere ad polum antarcticum...ab illustri Dumont d'Urville peracto collectarum, notis diagnosticis tantum huc evulgatarum, descriptionibus verò fusioribus nec non iconibus analyticis iam iamque illustrandarum. pp. [1-]16. Parisiis [Paris]: apud Gide, editorem.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Porphyra is Porphyra purpurea (Roth) C.Agardh.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Pyropia columbina (Montagne) W.A.Nelson

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Often common, forming a dense mid eulittoral community, on rough-water rocky coasts (Womersley 1994: 39).

Distribution by country

Type information
Type locality: Auckland Is., New Zealand (Womersley 1994: 39). Holotype: Dumont d'Urville; March 1840; PC 0029833 (MA6267) (Sutherland et al. 2011: 1143).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Porphyra columbina Montagne)
South America: Argentina (Peinado, Diaz, Figueroa & Helbling 2004, Boraso & Zaixso 2011), Chile (Santelices 1989, Ramírez & Santelices 1991, Stiller & Waaland 1993, Hoffmann & Santelices 1997), Peru (Ramírez & Santelices 1991).

Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Millar & Kraft 1993, Womersley 1994), New Zealand (Stiller & Waaland 1993, Adams 1994, Womersley 1994, Nelson & Phillips 1996, Adams 1997), Queensland (Phillips 1997, Phillips 2002, Bostock & Holland 2010), South Australia (Womersley 1994), Tasmania (Womersley 1994), Victoria (Womersley 1994).

Antarctic and the subantarctic islands: Antarctica/Subantarctic Islands (Papenfuss 1964), Macquarie Island (Ricker 1987).

Key references
Adams, N.M. (1997). Common seaweeds of New Zealand. pp. [1]-48, 48 pls. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press.

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.

Ricker, R.W. (1987). Taxonomy and biogeography of Macquarie Island seaweeds. pp. [i]-vi, [2], 1-344. London: British Museum (Natural History).

Sutherland, J.E., Lindstrom, S.C., Nelson, W.A., Brodie, J., Lynch, M.D., Hwang, M.S., Choi, H.-G., Miyata, M., Kikuchi, N., Oliveira, M.C., Farr, T., Neefus, C., Mols-Mortensen, A. Milstein, D. & Müller, K.M. (2011). A new look at an ancient order: generic revision of the Bangiales (Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 47(5): 1131-1151.

Womersley, H.B.S. (1994). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIIA - Bangiophyceae and Florideophyceae (Acrochaetiales, Nemaliales, Gelidiales, Hildenbrandiales and Gigartinales sensu lato). pp. 1-508, 167 figs, 4 pls, 4 maps. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study.

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

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=Porphyra&Species=columbina

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 12 January 2012 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 4592 times since it was created.

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

Aitken, K.A., Kelton, L.D. & Brown, M.T. (1991). Seasonal protein variation in the New Zealand seaweeds Porphyra columbina Mont. and Porphyra subtumens J. Ag. (Rhodophyceae). Japanese Journal of Phycology 39: 307-317.
Avila, M., Santelices, B. & McLachlan, J. (1986). Photoperiod and temperature regulation of the life history of Porphyra columbina (Rhodophyta, Bangiales) from central Chile. Canadian Journal of Botany 64: 1867-1872.
Brown, M.T., Frazer, A.W.J. & Melton, L.D. (1990). Growth and reproduction of Porphyra columbina Mont. (Bangiales, Rhodophyceae) from southern New Zealand. Journal of Applied Phycology 2: 35-44.
Candia, A., Cordeiro-Marino, M. & Reyes, E. (1990). Karyological studies in Porphyra C. Agardh I. Chromosome numbers in phases of Porphyra columbina Montagne (Bangiales, Rhodophyta). Hoehnea 17((1)): 91-97.
Frazer, A.W.J. & Brown, M.T. (1995). Growth of the conchocelis phase of Porphyra columbina (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) at different temperatures and levels of light, nitrogen and phosphoros. Phycological Research 43: 249-253.
Friedlander, S.F., Melton, L.D. & Brown, M.T. (1989). Ascorbic acid in the New Zealand seaweeds Porphyra columbina Mont. and Porphyra subtumens J. Ag. (Rhodophyceae). Japanese Journal of Phycology 37: 295-301.
Karsten, U., Barrow, K.D. & King, R.J. (1993). Floridoside, L-Isofloridoside, and D-Isofloriddoside in the red algae Porphyra columbina. Plant Physiol. 103: 485-491.
Matamala, F.M., Martinez, E., Etchepare, R.I. & Romo, D.H. (1985). Field observations and in vitro studies of the conchocelis phase of Porphyra columbina Montagne (Algae, Rhodophyta). Bol. Soc. Biol. Concépcion, Chile 56: 207-212.
Peinado, N.K., Diaz, R.T.A., Figueroa, F.L. & Helbling, E.W. (2004). Ammonium and UV radiation stimulate the accumulation of mycosporine-like amino acids in Porphyra columbina (Rhodophyta) from Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Phycology 40: 248-259.
Santelices, B. & Avila, M. (1986). Bases biologicas para maximar cosecha de Luche (Porphyra columbina Montagne) en Chile central. Actas Cong. Algas Mar. Chil. 2: 201-211.

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