Skeletonella nelsoniae A.Millar & De Clerck 2007
Publication Details
Skeletonella nelsoniae A.Millar & De Clerck 2007: 64
Published in: Millar, A.J.K. & De Clerck, O. (2007). Skeletonella nelsoniae gen. et sp. nov., representing a new tribe of marine macroalgae, the Skeletonelleae (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 46: 63-73.
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This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Skeletonella.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Arch Island, Princes Rocks, Three Kings Islands, New Zealand; (Millar & De Clerck 2007: 64) Holotype: A.J. K. Millar & R. De Nys; 24 November 1998; 25 m deep epiphytic on the lower main axes of Sargassum johnsonii V.J. Chapman; NSW; 486121 (Millar & De Clerck 2007: 64) Notes: Holotype specimen is filed in WELT. Isotypes: in NSW 486129 and 486130; in GENT ex NSW 486128.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Thalli to 2.5 mm in height, axial cells to 60 microns in diameter (including cell wall) by 48 microns long; attached by multicellular, uniseriate branched rhizoids that are modified determinate laterals; determinate laterals to 12 microns in diameter and 15 cells long, curved slightly abaxially; spermatangial heads to 72 microns long and 24 microns in diameter (spermatangia to 2 microns in diameter); carposporangia ovoid to 20 microns long by 12 microns in diameter. Tetrasporangia unknown.
Created: 01 February 2007 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 October 2010
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 October 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2024
