Monostroma undulatum Wittrock

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Ulotrichales
Family Gomontiaceae
Genus Monostroma

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Publication details
Monostroma undulatum Wittrock 1866: 46, pl. III: fig. 9

Original publication: Wittrock, V.B. (1866). Försök till en Monographie öfver Algslägtet Monostroma. pp. 1-66, IV plates, folded scheme [= 14 figs]. Stockholm: Akademisk Afhandling.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Monostroma is Monostroma bullosum (Roth) Thuret.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Protomonostroma undulatum (Wittrock) K.L.Vinogradova

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), wavy.

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Common names

(as Monostroma undulatum Wittrock)
Japanese: Hida-hitoe (Tokida 1954).

Type information
Type locality: Nordland islands, Norway, on Corallina officinalis (Wittrock 1866: 46). Notes: Location of type unknown (Brodie, Maggs & John 2007: 37).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Monostroma undulatum Wittrock)
Europe: Britain (Batters 1902, Newton 1931, Burrows 1991), Faroe Islands (Irvine 1982), Norway (Rueness 1997).

Atlantic Islands: Iceland (Caram & Jónsson 1972).

South America: Argentina (Boraso de Zaixso 2004).

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

Source of synonymy
Vinogradova, K.L. (1969). K. sistematike poryadka Ulvales (Chlorophyta) s.l.. Botanicheskij Zhurnal SSSR 54: 1347-1355, Scheme.

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

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=Monostroma&Species=undulatum

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 04 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 01 January 2008 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 518 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.)

Boraso de Zaixso, A.L. (1977). Reproducción de Ulvales de Puerto Deseado (Prov. de Sta. Cruz, Rep. Argentina). II. Monostroma undulatum Wittrock. Physis A 36(92): 1-7.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=12549

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.