Boergeseniella thuyoides (Harvey) Kylin 1956

Publication Details
Boergeseniella thuyoides (Harvey) Kylin 1956: 508

Published in: Kylin, H. (1956). Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen. pp. i-xv, 1-673, 458 figs. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerups.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Boergeseniella is Boergeseniella fruticulosa (Wulfen) Kylin.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Vertebrata thuyoides (Harvey) Kuntze.

Basionym
Polysiphonia thuyoides Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare, Ireland; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 364) Lectotype: 1831; TCD; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 364)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling the genus Thuja (Neal 1993).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Cylindrical, cartilaginous, tufted, deep brownish purple fronds, to 150 mm high, from creeping rhizoidal base. Fronds distichously bi- tripinnate, patent, short, of nearly uniform length giving branches a linear appearance. Ramuli short, spinelike. Polysiphonous, central siphon with 8-12 pericentral siphons and outer cortication of small, coloured cells. Articulations as broad as long, barely visible.

Habitat
On rock and epiphytic in shallow, wave-exposed pools, lower intertidal, southern and western shores, occasional.

Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 03 March 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024

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