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Phyllospora comosa (Labillardière) C.Agardh

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Fucales
Family Seirococcaceae
Genus Phyllospora

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Lorne, Victoria, Australia. 25 May 2011. John Huisman. © John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au).

Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia; beds below low water. 23 Nov 2010. M.D. Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Phyllospora comosa, Fortesque Bay, Tasmania. 03 Nov 2009. M.D. Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Phyllospora comosa, Safety Cove, Tasmania, Australia. 01 Nov 2009. M.D. Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Phyllospora comosa, Safety Cove, Tasmania, Australia. 01 Nov 2009. M.D. Guiry" . © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Phyllospora comosa, Fossil Island, Pirates Bay, Tasmania. 01 Nov 2009. M.D. Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

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Phyllospora comosa (Labillardière) C.Agardh Phyllospora comosa, Tesselated Pavement, Pirates Bay, Tasmania

Publication details
Phyllospora comosa (Labillardière) C.Agardh 1839: 311, pl. XXVIII: fig. 11

Original publication: Agardh, C.A. (1839). Revision der Algengattung Macrocystis. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher 19(1): 281-316, pls XXVI-XXVIII.
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Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Phyllospora.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Fucus comosus Labillardière

Type information
Type locality: "ad capitis Van-Diemen" (Storm Bay, Tasmania) (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 906). Type: FI (Womersley 1987: 347). Notes: Silva et al. (1996) recommend consulting Ducker (1979b: 20) for further information regarding the type locality of this species.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), furnished with tufts of leaves or hairs.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus comosus Labillardière 1806

General environment
This is a marine species.

Distribution by country

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Phyllospora comosa (Labillardière) C.Agardh)
Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Womersley 1987, Huisman 2000), Norfolk Island (Millar 1999 ), South Australia (Womersley 1987, Huisman 2000), Tasmania (Womersley 1987, Huisman 2000, Valentine & Johnson 2005), Victoria (Womersley 1987, Huisman 2000), Western Australia (Marconi et al. 2011).

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.

De Toni, G.B. (1895). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. III. Fucoideae. Vol. 3 pp. [i]-xvi, [1]-638. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.

Womersley, H.B.S. (1987). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part II. pp. 481, 169 figs, 1 table, 8 plates, 4 maps. Adelaide: South Australian Government Printing Division.

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

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=Phyllospora&Species=comosa

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 14 April 2000 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 04 September 2012 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 3845 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.)

Burridge, T. & Hallam, N.D. (1993). Early development and apical growth in Phyllospora comosa (Labillardiere) Agardh,C. (Seirococcaceae, Phaeophyta). Botanica Marina 36: 159-168.
Burridge, T., Clayton, M.N. & Hallam, N.D. (1993). Oogenesis and stalk mediated fertilization in Phyllospora comosa, (Labillardière) C. Agardh, (Seirococcaceae, Phaeophyta). Botanica Marina 36: 223-232, 22 figs, 1 table.
Schoenwaelder, M.E.A. & Clayton, M.N. (2000). Physode formation in embryos of Phyllospora comosa and Hormosira banksii (Phaeophyceae). Phycologia 39: 1-9.

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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 18 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:62180

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