Mychodea pusilla (Harvey) J.Agardh

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

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Publication details
Mychodea pusilla (Harvey) J.Agardh 1872: 34

Original publication: Agardh, J.G. (1872). Bidrag till Florideernes systematik. Lunds Universitets Års-Skrift, Afdelningen for Mathematik och Naturvetenskap 8(6): 1-60.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Mychodea is Mychodea carnosa J.D.Hooker & Harvey.

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

Basionym
Dicranema pusillum Harvey

Type information
Type locality: King George Sound, Western Australia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 310). Lectotype: Harvey; Jan. 1854; Herb. Harvey, TCD Trav. Set No. 80 (Kraft 1978: 535). Notes: Isotypes: Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 313-B.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), very small (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Dicranema pusillum Harvey 1855
Acanthococcus pusillus (Harvey) Harvey 1863
Mychodea fastigiata (Harvey) J.Agardh 1872

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Hypnea fastigiata Harvey 1863

General environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Restricted to the stems of Amphibolis from low tide level to 12 m deep, under moderate to strong water movement (Kraft & Womersley 1994: 464).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Mychodea pusilla (Harvey) J.Agardh)
Australia and New Zealand: South Australia (Kraft & Womersley 1994, N'Yeurt et al 2006), Victoria (Kraft & Womersley 1994), Western Australia (Huisman & Walker 1990, Kraft & Womersley 1994).

Key references
Kraft, G.T. & Womersley, H.B.S. (1994). Family Mychodeaceae Kylin 1932: 62. In: The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Rhodophyta - Part IIIA. (Womersley, H.B.S. Eds), pp. 450-470. Canberra:

Kraft, G.T. (1978). Studies of marine algae in the lesser-known families of the Gigartinales (Rhodophyta). III. The Mychodeaceae and Mychodeophyllaceae. Australian Journal of Botany 26: 515-610, 46 figs.

N'Yeurt, A.D.R., Payri, C.E., Gabrielson, P.W. & Fredericq, S. (2006). Pinnatiphycus menouana gen. et sp. nov. (Rhodophyta: Dicranemataceae) from New Caledonia and Fiji (South Pacific): vegetative and reproductive morphology and molecular phylogeny. Phycologia 45: 422-431.

Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: 1-1259.

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

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=Mychodea&Species=pusilla

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 19 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 29 July 2009 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 349 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=2736

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 20 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:74987