Monostroma zostericola Tilden

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

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Publication details
Monostroma zostericola Tilden 1900: no. 388

Original publication: Tilden, J.E. (1900). American algae. Vol. Century IV, Nos 301-400. Minneapolis.

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 Kornmannia zostericola (Tilden) Bliding

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), living on or in the flowering plant Zostera.

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Common names

(as Monostroma zostericola Tilden)
Japanese: Motsuki-hitoe (Tokida 1954).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Monostroma zostericola Tilden)
North America: California (Abbott & Hollenberg 1976).

Asia: China (Tseng 1984), Japan (Okamura 1936, Yamada & Tatewaki 1965, Segawa 1981).

Source of synonymy
Bliding, C. (1969 '1968'). A critical survey of European taxa in Ulvales, Part II. Ulva, Ulvaria, Monostroma, Kornmannia. Botaniska Notiser 121: 535-629, 47 figs.

Key references
Scagel, R.F. (1957). An annotated list of the marine algae of British Columbia and northern Washington (including keys to genera). Bulletin, National Museum of Canada 150: [i]-vi, 1-289.

Smith, G.M. (1944). Marine algae of the Monterey Peninsula. pp. i-ix, 1-622, 98 pls. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Yamada, Y. & Tatewaki, M. (1965). New findings on the life history of Monostroma zostericola Tilden. Scientific Papers of the Institute of Algological Research, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University 5: 105-117.

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

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=zostericola

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 24 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 27 October 2010 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 416 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.)

Yamada, Y. & Kanda, T. (1941). On the culture of Monostroma zostericola and Enteromorpha nana var. minima. Scientific Papers of the Institute of Algological Research, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University 2: 217-226.
Yamada, Y. & Tatewaki, M. (1965). New findings on the life history of Monostroma zostericola Tilden. Scientific Papers of the Institute of Algological Research, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University 5: 105-117.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=15702

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 22 May 2013.

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