Uronema marinum Womersley
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Chlorophyceae
Order Chaetophorales
Family Chaetophoraceae
Genus Uronema
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Australia. 25 May 2011. John Huisman. © John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au).
Publication details
Uronema marinum Womersley 1984: 131, figs. 41D,E
Original publication: Womersley, H.B.S. (1984). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part I. pp. 329, 102 figs, 16 plates. Adelaide: Government Printer, South Australia.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Uronema is Uronema confervicola Lagerheim.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), growing in the sea (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Type information
Holotype locality: Kellidie Bay, Coffin Bay, South Australia (Womersley 1984: 131). Holotype: H.B.S. Womersley; 22 August 1967; lower eulittoral to upper sublittoral, epiphytic on Chaetomorpha linum. ADU A31827 (Womersley 1984: 131).
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Uronema marinum Womersley)
Australia and New Zealand: Lord Howe Island (Kraft 2000, Kraft 2007), New South Wales (Millar & Kraft 1994), Queensland (Kraft 2000, Kraft 2007, Bostock & Holland 2010), South Australia (Womersley 1984), Western Australia (Womersley 1981, Womersley 1984, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Kraft 2000, Huisman et al. 2009).
Pacific Islands: Federated States of Micronesia (Lobban & Tsuda 2003, Tsuda 2006), Hawaiian Islands (Abbott & Huisman, 2004, Stuercke & McDermid 2004), Yap Islands (Lobban & N'Yeurt 2006 
).
Taxonomic notes
Uronema marinum Dujardin is a ciliate (see Bérard-Therriault 1999: 339).
Key references
Abbott, I.A. & Huisman, J.M. (2004). Marine green and brown algae of the Hawaiian Islands. pp. i-xi, 1-259, 6 maps, 3 pls, 95 figs, 1 photograph. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press.
Kraft, G.T. (2007). Algae of Australia. Marine benthic algae of Lord Howe Island and the southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green algae. pp. [i-iv], v-vi, 1-347, 110 text-figs; 11 pls. Canberra & Melbourne: Australian Biological Resources Study & CSIRO Publishing.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Uronema&species=marinum
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=Uronema&Species=marinum
Created: 08 November 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 02 October 2010 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 756 times since it was created.
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=21103
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: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:62976
