Ulothrix speciosa (Carmichael) Kützing
Publication details
Ulothrix speciosa (Carmichael) Kützing 1849: 348
Original publication: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ulothrix is Ulothrix tenuissima Kützing.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Lyngbya speciosa Carmichael
Type information
Type locality: Appin, Argyll, Scotland (Harvey 1833: 371).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), showy, splendid (Stearn 1973).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Ulothrix zonata var. speciosa (Carmichael) Stockmayer
Lyngbya speciosa Carmichael 1833
Hormotrichum speciosum (Carmichael) P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan 1852
Urospora speciosa (Carmichael) Leblond ex G.Hamel 1931
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Conferva speciosa Carmichael ex Areschoug 1850
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Point data for Ireland and Britain
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(as Ulothrix speciosa (Carmichael) Kützing)
Ireland: Antrim (Adams 1907, Guiry 1978, Morton 1994), Clare (Pybus 1977, Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979), Cork (Guiry 1978), Derry (Morton 1994), Donegal (Guiry 1978, Morton 2003), Down (Morton 1994), Dublin (Guiry 1978), Galway (Pybus 1977, Guiry 1978).
Europe: Baltic Sea (Nielsen et al. 1995), Britain (Newton 1931, Burrows 1991, Hardy & Guiry 2003, Brodie et al. 2007), Faroe Islands (Nielsen & Gunnarsson 2001), France (Coppejans 1995, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007, Anon. 2012), Helgoland (Bartsch & Kuhlenkamp 2000), Ireland (Adams 1907, Pybus 1977, Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979, Burrows 1991, Morton 1994, Guiry 2012), Netherlands (Stegenga & Mol 1983), Norway (Rueness 1997).
Atlantic Islands: Greenland (Pedersen 2011).
North America: British Columbia (Scagel et al. 1989), Maine (Mathieson et al. 2001), New Hampshire (Mathieson & Hehre 1986).
Africa: South Africa (Stegenga, Bolton & Anderson 1997).
(as Urospora speciosa (Carmichael) Leblond ex G.Hamel)
Europe: France (Feldmann & Magne 1964).
Taxonomic notes
According to Bartsch & Kuhlenkamp, 2000, Ulothrix flexuosa Kornmann is a synonym.
Key references
Brodie, J., Maggs, C.A. & John, D.M. (2007). Green seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. pp. [i-v], vi-xii, 1-242, 101 figs. London: British Phycological Society.
Burrows, E.M. (1991). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 2. Chlorophyta. pp. [i]-xi, [1]-238, 60 figs, 9 pls. London: Natural History Museum Publications.
Pedersen, P.M. (2011). Grønlands havalger. pp. [1] 7-208. Copenhagen: Forlaget Epsilon.DK.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Ulothrix&species=speciosa
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=Ulothrix&Species=speciosa
Created: 06 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 26 March 2012 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 868 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.)
Berger-Perrot, Y. (1981). Mise sur le problème concernant l'Ulothrix speciosa (Carm. ex Harvey) Kützing et l'Urospora kornmanii Berger-Perrot. Etude comparée de la réproduction et du cycle de développement des deux espèces sur les côtes de Bretagne. Phycologia 20: 147-164.
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77306
