Bifurcaria brassicaeformis (Kützing) E.S.Barton
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Fucales
Family Sargassaceae
Genus Bifurcaria
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Boulders, Simon's Town, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. 22 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Boulders, Simon's Town, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; zone of Bifurcaria with Ecklonia maxima below. 22 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Boulders, Simon's Town, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. 22 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Boulders, Simon's Town, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; lower intertidal. 22 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Boulders, Simon's Town, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; top belt with Ecklonia maxima below. 22 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; lower intertidal rock. 21 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; lower intertidal rocks. 21 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; lower intertidal rock; 10.5 mm lens; Cape of Good Hope in background. 21 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; lower intertidal rock. 20 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; lower intertidal rock. 20 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
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Bifurcaria brassicaeformis (Kützing) E.S.Barton Buffels Bay, Cape Peninsula Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa; on rocks at low water
Publication details
Bifurcaria brassicaeformis (Kützing) E.S.Barton 1893: 82
Original publication: Barton, E.S. (1893). A provisional list of the marine algae of the Cape of Good Hope. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 31: 53-56, 81-84, 110-114, 138-144, 171-177, 202-210.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Bifurcaria is Bifurcaria tuberculata Stackhouse.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Brassicophycus brassicaeformis (Kützing) Draisma, Ballesteros, F.Rousseau & T.Thibaut
Basionym
Pycnophycus brassicaeformis Kützing
Type information
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 642).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Bifurcaria brassicaeformis (Kützing) E.S.Barton)
Africa: South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Stegenga, Bolton & Anderson 1997, Cho et al. 2006).
Source of synonymy
Draisma, S.G.A., Ballesteros, E., Rousseau, F. & Thibaut, T. (2010). DNA sequence data demonstrate the polyphyly of the genus Cystoseira and other Sargassaceae genera (Phaeophyceae). Journal of Phycology 46(6): 1329-1345.
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.
Cho, G.Y, Rousseau, F., Reviers, B. de & Boo, S.M. (2006). Phylogenetic relationships within the Fucales (Phaeophyceae) assessed by the photosystem I coding psaA sequences. Phycologia 45: 512-519.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Bifurcaria&species=brassicaeformis
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=Bifurcaria&Species=brassicaeformis
Created: 07 February 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 07 February 2011 by Wendy Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 3221 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.)
Isaac, W.E. (1951). Observations on the ecology of Bifurcaria brassicaeformis (Kütz) Barton. Journal of Ecology 39(1): 94-105, 5 figs, 1 table, {Plate 8.
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=3466
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Wendy 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 22 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.
