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Sarcothalia stiriata (Turner) Leister

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Gigartinales
Family Gigartinaceae
Genus Sarcothalia

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South Africa. Robert Anderson. © Robert Anderson (Robert.Anderson@uct.ac.za).

Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. 05 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa. 06 Oct 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Sarcothalia stiriata (Turner) Leister South Africa

Publication details
Sarcothalia stiriata (Turner) Leister in Hommersand, Guiry, Fredericq & Leister 1993: 112

Original publication: Hommersand, M.H., Guiry, M.D., Fredericq, S. & Leister, G.L. (1993). New perspectives in the taxonomy of the Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 14: 105-120, 41 figs.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sarcothalia is Sarcothalia burmannii (C.Agardh) Kützing.

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

Basionym
Fucus stiriata Turner

Type information
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 294).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus stiriata Turner 1807
Sphaerococcus stiriatus (Turner) C.Agardh 1817
Sphaerococcus radula var. stiriatus (Turner) Rudolphi 1831
Mastocarpus stiriatus (Turner) Kützing 1843
Gigartina stiriata (Turner) J.Agardh 1851

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus stiriatus Turner 1808
Fucus echinatus Poiret 1808
Sphaerococcus burmannii C.Agardh 1822
Gigartina burmannii (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1842
Sarcothalia burmannii (C.Agardh) Kützing 1849

General environment
This is a marine species.

Distribution by country

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Fucus stiriata Turner)
Africa: South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

(as Gigartina stiriata (Turner) J.Agardh)
Atlantic Islands: Tristan da Cunha (Baardseth 1941).

Africa: South Africa (Stegenga, Bolton & Anderson 1997).

(as Sarcothalia stiriata (Turner) Leister)
Africa: Namibia (Rull Lluch 2002, John et al. 2004), South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

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 Clerck, O., Gavio, B., Fredericq, S., Cocquyt, E. & Coppejans, E. (2005). Systematic reassessment of the red algal genus Phyllymenia (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta). European Journal of Phycology 40: 169-178.

Womersley, H.B.S. (1994). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIIA - Bangiophyceae and Florideophyceae (Acrochaetiales, Nemaliales, Gelidiales, Hildenbrandiales and Gigartinales sensu lato). pp. 1-508, 167 figs, 4 pls, 4 maps. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study.

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

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=Sarcothalia&Species=stiriata

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 16 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 08 July 2009 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1573 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=2689

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:75034

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