Amphiroa rigida var. antillana Børgesen

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Corallinophycidae
Order Corallinales
Family Corallinaceae
Subfamily Lithophylloideae
Genus Amphiroa

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Publication details
Amphiroa rigida var. antillana Børgesen 1917: 182, figs 171-173

Original publication: Børgesen, F. (1917). The marine algae of the Danish West Indies. Part 3. Rhodophyceae (3). Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 3: 145-240, Figs 149-230.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Amphiroa is Amphiroa tribulus (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Amphiroa rigida J.V.Lamouroux

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), rigid (Stearn 1973).

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: Rust up Twist, St. Croix, Virgin Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 225).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Amphiroa rigida var. antillana Børgesen)
Central America: Belize (Norris & Bucher 1982, Littler & Littler 1997).

Caribbean Islands: Cuba (Suárez 2005), Lesser Antilles (Taylor 1969).

South America: Brazil (Oliveira Filho 1977), Venezuela (Ganesan 1990).

Africa: Mauritius (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

Source of synonymy
Wynne, M.J. (2005). A check-list of benthic marine algae of the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic: second revision. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 129: 1-152.

Key references
Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, pls 1-266 (colour photographs). Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag.

Littler, D.S. & Littler, M.M. (1997). An illustrated flora of the Pelican Cays, Belize. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 9: 1-149, 190 figs.

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

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=Amphiroa&Species=rigida

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 31 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 24 August 2008 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 729 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=2090

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 19 June 2013.

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