Pseudocodium australasicum Womersley 1955
Publication Details
Pseudocodium australasicum Womersley 1955: 390, figs. 5, 6
Published in: Womersley, H.B.S. (1955). New marine Chlorophyta from southern Australia. Pacific Science 9: 387-395, 11 figs.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pseudocodium is Pseudocodium devriesii Weber Bosse.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Point Sinclair, South Australia; (Womersley 1984: 246) Type: Womersley; 25 January 1951; uppermost sublittoral; ADU; A13618 (Womersley 1984: 246)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Thalli erect, up to 6 cm high, with subdichotomous to
irregularly branched complanate axes, 1-2 mm broad, dark
green in colour. Thalli composed of longitudinally
arranged interwoven medullary siphons, 13-30 µm in
diameter, beset with peripheral appendages that consolidate
to form a continuous cortex; appendages more or less
perpendicular to the long axes of the thallus, 40-90 µm long,
not constricted at the base, ending in a cluster of digitations,
7-12 mm wide at the tips. Apices rounded, not
truncate. Chloroplasts and amyloplasts present. Reproductive
structures unknown. (Womersley
1955, 1987; De Clerck et al. 2008).
Habitat
Upper sublittoral.
Created: 25 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 10 November 2008
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 November 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
