Odonthalia dentata (Linnaeus) Lyngbye
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophycophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Ceramiales
Family Rhodomelaceae
Genus Odonthalia
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Murlough Bay, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. 30 Aug 2005. Bernard Picton. © Bernard Picton.
Odonthalia dentata (Linnaeus) Lyngbye Murlough Bay, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Publication details
Odonthalia dentata (Linnaeus) Lyngbye 1819: 9, pl. 3
Original publication: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.
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Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Odonthalia.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Fucus dentatus Linnaeus
Type information
Type locality: Hab. oc. Atl. [Atlantic Ocean] (Linnaeus 1767: 135). Holotype: LINN 1274.72 (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 298).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), toothed, usually with sharp teeth pointing outwards (Stearn 1973).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus dentatus Linnaeus 1767
Fimbriaria dentata (Linnaeus) Stackhouse 1809
Sphaerococcus dentatus (Linnaeus) C.Agardh 1817
Rhodomela dentata (Linnaeus) C.Agardh 1824
Atomaria dentata (Linnaeus) Lyngbye ex Ruprecht 1850
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus pinnatifidus Oeder 1767
General environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Cartilaginous, strongly compressed, two-edged, deep purplish-red fronds, much branched, to 300 mm long, from hard, conical disc. Branching distichous, irregularly pinnate, branches deeply pinnatifid, segments with large, alternate teeth distally. Midrib visible only near base. Large elongated internal cells surrounded by small, irregular, coloured cells.
Habitat
On rocks, lower intertidal pools and subtidal, perennial, a northern species abundant in Scotland, north England, north and west Ireland.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Odonthalia dentata (Linnaeus) Lyngbye)
Arctic: Canada (Arctic) (Lee 1980).
Ireland: Antrim (Dickie 1871, Johnson & Hensman 1896, Guiry 1978, Morton 1994), Derry (Morton 1994), Donegal (Guiry 1978, Maggs & Hommersand 1993, Morton 2003), Down (Morton 1974, Guiry 1978, Maggs & Hommersand 1993), Dublin (Guiry 1978), Leitrim (Cullinane 1970, Guiry 1978), Mayo (Guiry 1978, Maggs & Hommersand 1993), Sligo (Cullinane 1970, Guiry 1978).
Europe: Baltic Sea (Nielsen et al. 1995), Britain (Newton 1931, Maggs & Hommersand 1993, Hardy & Guiry 2003), Faroes (Irvine 1982, Nielsen & Gunnarsson 2001), France (Dizerbo & Herpe 2007), Iceland (Caram & Jónsson 1972), Ireland (Newton 1931, Guiry 1978, Maggs & Hommersand 1993, Morton 1994), Norway (Rueness 1997), Scandinavia (Athanasiadis 1996), Spitsbergen (Vinogradova 1995), Sweden (Kylin 1907, Kylin 1944).
North America: Alaska (Wynne & Heine 1992).
Asia: Russia (Perestenko 1994).
Key references
Maggs, C.A. & Hommersand, M.H. (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 3A. Ceramiales. pp. xv + 444, 129 figs, map. London: HMSO.
Wynne, M.J. & Heine, J.N. (1992). Collections of marine red algae from St. Matthew and St. Lawrence Islands, the Bering Sea. Nova Hedwigia 55: 55-97.
SAG Cultures
No records have been found on the SAG site.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
No sequences have been found on the NCBI site.
Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 18 February 2006 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1284 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.)
Kain (Jones), J.M. & Bates, M.J. (1993). The reproductive phenology of Delesseria sanguinea and Odonthalia dentata off the Isle of Man. European Journal of Phycology 28: 173-182, 9 figs, 2 tables.
Kylin, H. (1934). Über den Aufbau der Prokarpien bei den Rhodomelaceen nebst einigen Worten über Odonthalia dentata. K. Fysiogr. Sällsk. Lund Förhandl. 4: 69-90.
Shoshina, E.V. (1990). Determination of age and age structure of populations of the red alga Odonthalia dentata from the Barents and White Seas. BIOL MORYA (2): 34-38.
