Anadyomene stellata (Wulfen) C.Agardh
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Cladophorales
Family Anadyomenaceae
Genus Anadyomene
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Selce, northern Croatia. 26 Mar 2011. Mat Vestjens & Anne Frijsinger. © Mat Vestjens & Anne Frijsinger (annenmat@natuurlijkmooi.net).

Tanzania; detail of margin. Eurico Oliveira. © Eurico Oliveira (euricodo@usp.br). From: Oliveira, E., Österlund, K. & Mtolera, M.S.P. (2005). Marine Plants of Tanzania. A field guide to the seaweeds and seagrasses. pp. 267, Numerous coloured illustrations and line drawings. Stockholm: Botany Department, Stockholm University.

Tanzania. Katrin Østerlund. © Katrin Oesterlund (Katrin.Osterlund@uadm.uu.se). From: Oliveira, E., Österlund, K. & Mtolera, M.S.P. (2005). Marine Plants of Tanzania. A field guide to the seaweeds and seagrasses. pp. 267, Numerous coloured illustrations and line drawings. Stockholm: Botany Department, Stockholm University.

Hideaway Island, Vanuatu; -8m on a vertical reef wall. 20 Jun 2005. Kyatt Dixon (kyattdixon@gmail.com). © Kyatt Dixon (kyattdixon@gmail.com).

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Anadyomene stellata (Wulfen) C.Agardh From Littler, D.S., M.M. Littler & M.D. Hanisak (2008) Submersed Plants of the Indian River Lagoon. Purchase information
Publication details
Anadyomene stellata (Wulfen) C.Agardh 1823: 400, figs 44-56
Original publication: Agardh, C.A. (1823). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum pars posterior. pp. [vii-viii], [399]-531. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Anadyomene is Anadyomene flabellata J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Ulva stellata Wulfen
Type information
Type locality: Adriatic Sea (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 755). Type: BM (Littler & Littler 1991: 112).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), stellate, with narrow divisions radiating from the center like the rays of a star (Stearn 1973).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Ulva stellata Wulfen 1787
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Anadyomene flabellata J.V.Lamouroux 1812
Anadyomene cutleriae Gray 1866
Anadyomene stellata var. floridana Gray 1866
Anadyomene stellata var. luxurians De Toni 1889
Anadyomene brownii Schröder 1912
General environment
This is a Marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Anadyomene flabellata J.V.Lamouroux)
Europe: Balearic Islands (Rodríguez y Femenías 1889).
(as Anadyomene stellata (Wulfen) C.Agardh)
Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978, Munda 1979, Ercegovic 1980, Gallardo et al. 1993), Balearic Islands (, Dao 1957, Gómez Garreta 1983, Ribera Siguán 1983, Ribera Siguán & Gómez Garreta 1985, Gallardo et al. 1993, Ribera, Coloreu, Rodriguez Prieto & Ballesteros 1997), Corsica (Boudouresque & Perret 1977, Coppejans 1979, Verlaque 1984, Gallardo et al. 1993, Rodríguez Prieto, Boudouresque & Marcot-Coqueugniot 1993, Leliaert & Coppejans 2004, Sales & Ballesteros 2011), France (Gallardo et al. 1993, Anon. 2012), Greece (Diannelidis 1953, Gerloff & Geissler 1974, Haritonidis & Tsekos 1976, Tsekos & Haritonidis 1977, Diapoulis, Haritonidis & Koussouris 1986, Athanasiadis 1987, Gallardo et al. 1993, Tsirika & Haritonidis 2005), Italy (Giaccone 1969, Edwards et al. 1975, Cinelli et al. 1976, Gallardo et al. 1993, Gallardo et al. 1993, Cecere et al. 1996, Furnari, Cormaci & Serio 1999, Rindi, Sartoni & Cinelli 2002, Serio et al 2006), Malta (Cormaci et al. 1997), Spain (Ballesteros & Romero 1982, Barcelo & Seoane 1982, Pérez-Ruzafa & Honrubia 1984, Gallardo et al. 1985, Soto & Conde 1989, Pérez-Ruzafa 1990, Gallardo et al. 1993, Flores-Moya et al. 1995, Pérez-Ruzafa et al. 2008), Turkey (Europe) (Güven & Öztig 1971, Güner, Aysel, Sukatar & Öztürk 1985, Gallardo et al. 1993), Veneto (Sfriso, A.).
Atlantic Islands: Azores (Neto 1994, Tittley & Neto 1994), Bermuda (Taylor 1960), Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez & Afonso-Carrillo 1980, Haroun et al. 2002, Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, John et al. 2004, Hernández-González et al. 2004a, Hernández-González et al. 2004b, Anon 2011), Cape Verde Islands (Otero-Schmitt & Sanjuan 1992, Prud'homme van Reine, Haroun & Kostermans 2005), Madeira (Neto, Cravo & Haroun 2001), Salvage Islands (Audiffred & Weisscher 1984, John et al. 2004).
North America: Florida (Taylor 1928, Taylor 1960, Dawes 1974, Littler, Littler & Hanisak 2008, Collado-Vides et al. 2011), Mexico (Taylor 1960), Texas (Wynne 2009).
Central America: Belize (Taylor 1960, Norris & Bucher 1982, Littler & Littler 1997), Panama (Taylor 1960, Wysor & Kooistra 2003).
Caribbean Islands: Bahamas (Taylor 1960, Littler & Littler 1991, Norris & Olsen 1991), Barbados (Taylor 1960, Taylor 1969, Littler & Littler 1991), Caribbean (Littler & Littler 2000), Cuba (Taylor 1960, Suárez 2005), Dominica (Littler & Littler 1991), Haiti (Littler & Littler 1991), Hispaniola (Taylor 1960), Jamaica (Taylor 1960, Littler & Littler 1991), Lesser Antilles (Taylor 1960, Taylor 1969), Martinique (Littler & Littler 1991), Puerto Rico (Taylor 1960), Trinidad & Tobago (Duncan & Lee Lum 2006), Virgin Islands (Taylor 1960).
Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).
South America: Brazil (Taylor 1930, Taylor 1960, Oliveira Filho 1977, Villaca et al. 2010
, Moura 2010, Alves et al. 2011), Venezuela (Ganesan 1990).
Africa: Algeria (Gallardo et al. 1993), Egypt (Aleem 1993, Gallardo et al. 1993), Kenya (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Bolton, Oyieke & Gwanda 2007), Libya (Gallardo et al. 1993), Madagascar (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Mozambique (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Tanzania (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Oliveira, Österlund & Mtolera 2005), Tunisia (Meñez & Mathieson 1981, Ben Maiz, Boudouresque & Quahchi 1987, Gallardo et al. 1993).
Indian Ocean Islands: Andaman Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
South-west Asia: India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Sahoo et al. 2001), Israel (Nemlich & Danin 1964, Einav 2007), Levant states (Gallardo et al. 1993), Sri Lanka (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Turkey (Asia) (Taskin et al. 2008
).
South-east Asia: Indonesia (Verheij & Prud'homme van Reine 1993, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Philippines (Silva, Meñez & Moe 1987, Leliaert et al. 2003), Singapore (Pham et al. 2011).
Australia and New Zealand: South Australia (Womersley 1984).
Key references
Alves, A.M., De Souza Gestinari, L.M. & Do Nascimento Moura, C.W. (2011). Morphology and taxonomy of Anadyomene species (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta) from Bahia, Brazil. Botanica Marina 54(2): 135-145.
Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, pls 1-266 (colour photographs). Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag.
Dawes, C.J. & Mathieson, A.C. (2008). The seaweeds of Florida. pp. [i]- viii, [1]-591, [592], pls I-LI. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida.
Funk, G. (1955). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresalgen von Neapel: Zugleich mikrophotographischer Atlas. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli 25(Suppl.): i-x , 1- 178, 36 figs.
Leliaert, F. & Coppejans, E. (2004). Crystalline cell inclusions: a new diagnostic character in the Cladophorophyceae (Chlorophyta). Phycologia 43: 189-203.
Littler, D.S. & Littler, M.M. (1991). Systematics of Anadyomene species (Anadyomenaceae, Chlorophyta) in the tropical western Atlantic. Journal of Phycology 27: 101-118, 57 figs, 2 tables.
Rodríguez-Prieto, C., Ballesteros, E., Boisset, F. & Afonso-Carrillo, J. (2013). Guía de las macroalgas y fanerógamas marinas del Mediterráneo occidental. pp. [1]-656. Barcelona: Ediciones Omega, S.A..
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.
Skelton, P.A. & South, G.R. (2007). The benthic marine algae of the Samoan Archipelago, South Pacific, with emphasis on the Apia District. Nova Hedwigia Beihefte 132: 1-350.
Womersley, H.B.S. (1984). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part I. pp. 329, 102 figs, 16 plates. Adelaide: Government Printer, South Australia.
UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture LB 1421 Anadyomene stellata
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Anadyomene&species=stellata
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=Anadyomene&Species=stellata
Created: 16 September 1997 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 07 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.)
Iyengar, M.O.P. & Ramanathan, K.R. (1940). On the reproduction of Anadyomene stellata (Wulf.) Ag. (Preliminary note). Journal of the Indian Botanical Society 19: 175-176.
Jonsson, S. (1962). Sur la reproduction de l'Anadyomene stellata (Wulf.) Ag. de la Méditerranée. Compte Rendu Hebdomadaire des Séances de lAcadémie des Sciences. Paris. 255: 1983-1985.
Mayhoub, M.H. (1975). Reproduction sexuée et cycle du développement de l'Anadyomene stellata (Wulf.) Ag. de la Méditerranée orientale. Compte Rendu Hebdomadaire des Séances de lAcadémie des Sciences. Paris. Série D 280: 587-590.
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