Euthora timburtonii B.E.Clarkston & G.W.Saunders 2010

Euthora timburtonii B.E.Clarkston & G.W.Saunders

Current name: Euthora timburtonii B.E.Clarkston & G.W.Saunders
subtidal species typically covered in encrusting animals such as bryozoans and hydroids - 24 October 2014. 2014 Bridgette Clarkston

Publication Details
Euthora timburtonii B.E.Clarkston & G.W.Saunders 2010: 121, figs 3-9

Published in: Clarkston, B.E. & Saunders, G.W. (2010). A comparison of two DNA barcode markers for species discrimination in the red algal family Kallymeniaceae (Gigartinales, Florideophyceae), with a description of Euthora timburtonii sp. nov. Botany 88: 119-131.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Euthora is Euthora cristata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh.

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

Type Information
Type locality: Wizard Islets (Lat: 48.85838°N, Long: 125.15888°W), Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada.; (Clarkston & Saunders 2010: 121) Holotype: B.E. Clarkston & S. Toews; 3 June 2008; subtidal at 40 ft. on worm tube; NBW; GWS010572 (Clarkston & Saunders 2010: 121)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Plants exclusively subtidal, commonly epizoic on polychaete worm tubes. Thalli highly branched; overlapping branches frequently fuse together. Branches are a consistent width throughout individuals, 1.1–2.8 mm wide near base, penultimate branches 0.5–2.4 mm wide. Branch apices blunt. Thalli 170–205 µm thick. Medulla of large, unpigmented, oval to isodiametric cells (55–95 µm). Small unpigmented cells between large cells present, but typically cryptic, most abundant in basal regions.

Created: 05 May 2010 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 June 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 June 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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