Antithamnion plumula (J.Ellis) Thuret
Publication details
Antithamnion plumula (J.Ellis) Thuret 1863: 112
Original publication: Le Jolis, A. (1863). Liste des algues marines de Cherbourg. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 10: 5-168, pls I-IV.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Antithamnion is Antithamnion cruciatum (C.Agardh) Nägeli.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Pterothamnion plumula (J.Ellis) Nägeli
Basionym
Conferva plumula J.Ellis
Type information
Type locality: Unlocalised, probably Sussex, England (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 26). Lectotype: Elliss original illustration (pl. XVIII: G) (epitype) (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 26). Notes: Dixon (1960) considered that the type was lost. Maggs & Hommersand (1993: 26) selected as lectotype Elliss illustration in pl. XVIII: fig. G.
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), plumule (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Type information
Type locality: Brighton, England (Dawson 1962: 20). Type: Ellis; (Dawson 1962: 20). Notes: According to Dawson (1962: 20) the type is probably to be found in the Dillwyn Herbarium in the Linnaean Society Herbarium, in Herb. Kew, or Herb. Dept. of Botany, Oxford.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Antithamnion plumula (J.Ellis) Thuret)
Ireland: Antrim (Adams 1907, Guiry 1978), Clare (Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979, Maggs 1983), Cork (Guiry 1978), Donegal (McMillan & Morton 1979), Dublin (Guiry 1978), Galway (Maggs 1983), Kerry (Guiry 1978, Cullinane & Whelan 1983, Cullinane & Whelan 1984), Mayo (Guiry 1978).
Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978, Munda 1979), Balearic Islands (, Sauvageau 1926, Navarro & Bellón 1945, Ribera Siguán 1983, Ribera Siguán & Gómez Garreta 1984), Britain (Newton 1931), Faroe Islands (Irvine 1982), France (Feldmann 1943, Feldmann 1954, Augier, Boudouresque & Laborel 1971), Greece (Gerloff & Geissler 1974, Haritonidis & Tsekos 1976, Tsekos & Haritonidis 1977), Ireland (Adams 1907, Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979, Maggs 1983, Whelan & Cullinane 1985), Italy (Funk 1961, Edwards et al. 1975, Cinelli et al. 1976), Netherlands (Stegenga & Mol 1983), Portugal (Ardré 1970), Spain (Miranda 1931, Miranda 1934, Fischer-Piette, C. & Seoane Camba, J. (1962), Seoane-Camba 1965, Ballesteros 1983, Pérez-Ruzafa et al. 1991), Sweden (Kylin 1907, Kylin 1944), Turkey (Europe) (Güven & Öztig 1971).
Atlantic Islands: Bermuda (Taylor 1960), Iceland (Caram & Jónsson 1972).
North America: Baja California (Dawson 1962), Florida (Taylor 1960).
South America: Chile (Ramírez & Santelices 1991).
Africa: Morocco (Dangeard 1949).
Antarctic and the subantarctic islands: Fuegia (Papenfuss 1964).
Source of synonymy
Athanasiadis, A. (1996). Morphology and classification of the Ceramioideae (Rhodophyta) based on phylogenetic principles. Opera Botanica 127: 1-221.
Key references
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.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Antithamnion&species=plumula
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=Antithamnion&Species=plumula
Created: 01 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 24 October 2008 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1069 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.)
Boney, A.D. (1960). The spore output of Antithamnion plumula over a number of days. British Phycological Bulletin 2: 37-38, 1 table.
Boney, A.D. (1963). Development of spores of Antithamnion plumula (Ellis) Thur. in situ. British Phycological Bulletin 2: 255-257, 1 fig.
Hooper, R.G. & Whittick, A. (1975). Antithamnion plumula (Ellis) Thur. in Le Jol (Rhodophyceae, Ceramiaceae) in eastern Canada. Naturaliste can 102: 603-604.
L'Hardy-Halos, M.-T. (1971). A propos de la croissance et de la différenciation des filaments pleuridiens chez trois Céramiacées (Rhodophycées, Céramiales) à structure cladomienne et à pleuridies typiques: l'Antithamnion plumula (Ellis) Thur. in Le Jol., l'A. sarniense (Lyle) G. Geldmann et l'A. glanduliferum Kylin. Compte Rendu Hebdomadaire des Séances de lAcadémie des Sciences. Paris. Série D 272: 2437-2440.
Lambert, C., Buis, R. & L'Hardy-Halos, M.-T. (1990). Morphogenetic determination of the axial cells of Antithamnion plumula (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta): early identification of the nature of the whorls. Can J Bot 68: 1569-1573.
Lambert, C., Buis, R. & L'Hardy-Halos, M.-T. (1992). Kinetics of pleuridial growth in Antithamnion plumula (Rhodophyceae). Acta Biotheor 40(2-3): 169-175.
Lambert, C., L'Hardy-Halos, M.-T., Buis, R. & Brière, C. (1988). Etude expérimentale de la tagmatisation chez Antithamnion plumula var. plumula (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 27: 447-455.
Rueness, J. & Rueness, M. (1975). Genetic control of morphogenesis in two varieties of Antithamnion plumula (Rhodophyceae, Ceramiales). Phycologia 14: 81-85.
Sundene, O. (1959). Form variation in Antithamnion plumula. Experiments on Plymouth and Oslofjord strains in culture. Nytt. Mag. Bot. 7: 181-187.
Sundene, O. (1975). Experimental studies on form variation in Antithamnion plumula (Rhodophyceae). Norwegian Journal of Botany 22: 35-42.
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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 25 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.
