Myriotrichia claviformis Harvey

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Ectocarpales
Family Chordariaceae
Genus Myriotrichia

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Publication details
Myriotrichia claviformis Harvey 1834: 300, pl. CXXXVIII

Original publication: Harvey, W.H. (1834). Algological illustrations. No. I. Remarks on some British algae, and descriptions of new species recently added to our flora. Journal of Botany [Hooker] 1: 296-305, pls CXXXVIII, CXXXIX.
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Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Myriotrichia.

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Myriotrichia claviformis var. minima Holmes & Batters
Myriotrichia filiformis Harvey 1841
Myriotrichia harveyana Nägeli 1847
Ectocarpus sphaericus Derbès & Solier 1851
Streblonema sphaericum (Derbès & Solier) Thuret 1863
Myriotrichia claviformis f. filiformis (Harvey) Kjellman 1890
Myriotrichia claviformis var. subcylindrica Batters 1895
Myrionema irregulare Jaasund 1951

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: Bathing Cove, Torquay, England (Harvey 1834: 300). Type: Mrs A.W. Griffiths; August 1833; on Chorda limentaria [Scytosiphon lomentarius]. TCD? (Womersley 1987: 304).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Myriotrichia claviformis var. minima Holmes & Batters)
Europe: Britain (Newton 1931).

(as Myriotrichia claviformis Harvey)
Ireland: Antrim (Adams 1907, Guiry 1978, Morton 1994), Clare (Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979), Cork (Guiry 1978), Donegal (Guiry 1978, Morton 2003), Down (Morton 1994), Galway (Guiry 1978), Mayo (Cotton 1912, Guiry 1978), Waterford (Guiry 1977, Guiry 1978), Wexford (Cotton 1913, Norton 1970, Guiry 1978).

Europe: Adriatic (Ribera et al. 1992), Baltic Sea (Nielsen et al. 1995), Black Sea (Ribera et al. 1992), Britain (Newton 1931, Fletcher 1987, Hardy & Guiry 2003), Corsica (Ribera et al. 1992), Faroe Islands (Irvine 1982, Nielsen & Gunnarsson 2001), France (Feldmann 1954, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007, Anon. 2012), Greece (Ribera et al. 1992), Ireland (Adams 1907, Cotton 1912, Cotton 1913, Guiry 1977, Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979, Fletcher 1987, Morton 1994, Peters et al 2004, Guiry 2012), Italy (Ribera et al. 1992, Furnari, Cormaci & Serio 1999), Norway (Rueness 1997), Portugal (Ardré 1970), Scandinavia (Athanasiadis 1996), Spain (Miranda 1931, Granja, Cremades & Barbara 1992, Bárbara & Cremades 1996, Cremades, Bárbara, Granja & Veiga 1997, Bárbara et al. 2005, Cires Rodriguez & Cuesta Moliner 2010), Sweden (Kylin 1907), Turkey (Europe) (Taskin et al. 2008 ).

Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Haroun et al. 2002, Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, John et al. 2004, Anon 2011), Iceland (Munda 1979).

North America: Massachusetts (Taylor 1957), New Jersey (Taylor 1957), New York (Taylor 1957), Rhode Island (Taylor 1957).

Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).

South America: Argentina (Müller, Wolf & Parodi 1996, Peters et al 2004).

Africa: Tunisia (Ribera et al. 1992).

South-west Asia: Turkey (Asia) (Taskin et al. 2008 ).

Australia and New Zealand: South Australia (Womersley 1987), Victoria (Womersley 1987).

(as Myriotrichia filiformis Harvey)
Ireland: Clare (Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979), Cork (Guiry 1978), Donegal (Guiry 1978), Dublin (Guiry 1978), Mayo (Cotton 1912, Guiry 1978), Wexford (Norton 1970, Guiry 1978).

Europe: Britain (Newton 1931), Ireland (Cotton 1912, Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979), Spain (Miranda 1931), Sweden (Kylin 1907, Kylin 1947).

North America: Massachusetts (Taylor 1957), New Jersey (Taylor 1957), New York (Taylor 1957), Rhode Island (Taylor 1957).

(as Streblonema sphaericum (Derbès & Solier) Thuret)
Ireland: Cork (Guiry 1978), Galway (Guiry 1978), Mayo (Cotton 1912, Guiry 1978), Wexford (Norton 1970, Guiry 1978).

Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978, Ercegovic 1980, Ribera et al. 1992), Black Sea (Ribera et al. 1992), Britain (Newton 1931), France (Feldmann 1937, Feldmann 1954, Ribera et al. 1992, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007), Greece (Athanasiadis 1987, Ribera et al. 1992), Ireland (Cotton 1912, Guiry 1978), Italy (Ribera et al. 1992, Furnari, Cormaci & Serio 1999), Spain (Ballesteros 1983, Gallardo et al. 1985, Soto & Conde 1989, Ribera et al. 1992, Flores-Moya et al. 1995), Sweden (Kylin 1907, Kylin 1947), Turkey (Europe) (Ribera et al. 1992).

Atlantic Islands: Iceland (Caram & Jónsson 1972).

North America: Massachusetts (Taylor 1957).

Africa: Algeria (Ribera et al. 1992).

(as Myriotrichia claviformis var. subcylindrica Batters)
Europe: Britain (Batters 1895).

(as Myrionema irregulare Jaasund)
Europe: Norway (Jaasund 1951).

Taxonomic notes
John et al. (2004) cite Myriotrichia repens (Hauck) Korsakoff as a synonym of this species.

Nomenclatural notes
The specific epithet has been corrected in accordance with Art. 60, Rec. 60G. - (10 Nov 2012) - M.D. Guiry

Key references
Cormaci, M., Furnari, G., Catra, M., Alongi, G. & Giaccone, G. (2012). Flora marina bentonica del Mediterraneo: Phaeophyceae. Bollettino dell'Accademia Gioenia 45: 1-508.

Dawes, C.J. & Mathieson, A.C. (2008). The seaweeds of Florida. pp. [i]- viii, [1]-591, [592], pls I-LI. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida.

Fletcher, R.L. (1987). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Vol. 3. Fucophyceae (Phaeophyceae). Part 1. pp. [i]-x, [1]-359, 90 figs, 15 pls. London: British Museum (Natural History).

Funk, G. (1955). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresalgen von Neapel: Zugleich mikrophotographischer Atlas. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli 25(Suppl.): i-x , 1- 178, 36 figs.

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=Myriotrichia&species=claviformis

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=Myriotrichia&Species=claviformis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 07 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 10 November 2012 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1095 times since it was created.

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Michael 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 20 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77229