Prasiola stipitata Suhr ex Jessen
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Viridaeplantae
Phylum Chlorophycophyta
Class Trebouxiophyceae
Order Prasiolales
Family Prasiolaceae
Genus Prasiola
Pictures:
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Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; sward on granite with bird faeces. 24 Sep 2006. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; extensive colonies on isolated bird-roosting rocks; 10.5 mm lens. 29 Sep 2007. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; extensive colonies on isolated bird-roosting rocks. 29 Sep 2007. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; extensive colonies on isolated bird-roosting rocks; 10.5 mm lens. 29 Sep 2007. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.
Spain, Galicia, A Coruña, Ría de Arousa, 2004, upper intertidal. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara.
Spain, Galicia, Ría de Arousa, 2005, microscope. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara.
Spain, Galicia, Ría de Arousa, 2005, reproductive areas under microscope. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara.
Spain, Galicia, A Coruña, Ría de Arousa, 2004, upper intertidal above Pelvetia canaliculata. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara.
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland. 18 Apr 2003. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.
Claddagh, Co. Galway, Ireland. 15 Apr 2009. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.
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Prasiola stipitata Suhr ex Jessen Claddagh, Co. Galway, Ireland; bird-frequented rocks in upper shore
Publication details
Prasiola stipitata Suhr ex Jessen 1848: 16
Original publication: Jessen, K.F.W. (1848). Prasiolae generis algarum monographia. Dissertatio inauguralis botanica. pp. [1]-20. Kiel.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Prasiola is Prasiola crispa (Lightfoot) Kützing.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), stipitate, provided with a stalk or a little stipe (Stearn 1973).
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Prasiola cornucopiae J.Agardh 1883
General environment
This is a terrestrial species.
Habitat
Marine, supralittoral: harbour mole, Helgoland (Karsten et al., 2005: 560).
Type information
Type locality: Sandweick, Schleswig, Germany Lectotype: original illustration (Jessen 1848, pl. 2, fig. 11) (epitype) Notes: According to Womersley (1984: 164) the type locality is “Hibernia (Ireland).”
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Prasiola stipitata Suhr ex Jessen)
Ireland: Antrim (Guiry 1978, Morton 1994), Donegal (Guiry 1978, Morton 2003), Down (Morton 1974, Guiry 1978, Morton 1994), Dublin (Guiry 1978), Galway (Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979, Rindi, Guiry, Barbiero & Cinelli 1999), Louth (Synnott 1969, Guiry 1978), Mayo (Cotton 1912, Guiry 1978), Waterford (Guiry 1977, Guiry 1978), Wexford (Parkes & Scannell 1969, Norton 1970, Guiry 1978).
Europe: Baltic Sea (Nielsen et al. 1995), Belgium (Coppejans 1995), Britain (Batters 1902, Newton 1931, Burrows 1991, Hardy & Guiry 2003, Brodie et al. 2007), Faroes (Irvine 1982, Nielsen & Gunnarsson 2001), France (Feldmann 1954, Bouxin & Dizerbo 1971, Coppejans 1995, Valenzuela Miranda 2005, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007, Loiseaux-de Goër & Noailles 2008), Helgoland (Bartsch & Kuhlenkamp 2000, Karsten et al 2005), Iceland (Caram & Jónsson 1972, Rindi et al. 2007), Ireland (, Batters 1902, Cotton 1912, Guiry 1977, Guiry 1978, De Valéra et al. 1979, Morton 1994, Rindi, McIvor & Guiry 2004, Rindi et al. 2007), Netherlands (Stegenga & Mol 1983), Norway (Rueness 1997), Spain (Miranda 1932, Bárbara & Cremades 1996, Veiga, Cremades & Bárbara 1998, Peña & Bárbara 2002, Bárbara et al. 2005), Sweden (Kylin 1907, Kylin 1949, Tolstoy & Österlund 2003).
North America: Connecticut (Van Patten 2009), Maine (Mathieson et al. 2001), Massachusetts (Taylor 1957), New Hampshire (Mathieson & Hehre 1986), North Carolina (Taylor 1960), Nova Scotia (Taylor 1957).
South America: Chile (Ramírez & Santelices 1991 
).
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Womersley 1984, Adams 1994, Nelson & Phillips 1996), Tasmania (Womersley 1984), Victoria (Womersley 1984).
(as Prasiola cornucopiae J.Agardh)
Europe: Sweden (Kylin 1907).
Key references
Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, 266 pls. Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag.
Brodie, J., Maggs, C.A. & John, D.M. (2007). Green seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. pp. [i-v], vi-xii, 1-242, 101 figs. London: British Phycological Society.
Burrows, E.M. (1991). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 2. Chlorophyta. pp. xi + 238, 60 figs, 9 plates. London: Natural History Museum Publications.
Karsten, U., Friedl, T., Schumann, R., Hoyer, K. & Lembcke, S. (2005). Mycosporine-like amino acids and phylogenies in green algae: Prasiola and its relatives from the Trebouxiophyceae (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 41: 557-566.
Loiseaux-de Goër, S. & Noailles, M.-C. (2008). Algues de Roscoff. pp. [1]-215, col. figs. Roscoff: Editions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.
Rindi, F., Guiry, M.D., Barbiero, R.P. & Cinelli, F. (1999). The marine and terrestrial Prasiolales (Chlorophyta) of Galway City, Ireland: a morphological and ecological study. Journal of Phycology 35: 469-482.
Rindi, F., McIvor, L. & Guiry, M.D. (2004). The Prasiolales (Chlorophyta) of Atlantic Europe: an assessment based on morphological, molecular, and ecological data, including the characterization of Rosenvingiella radicans (Kützing) comb. nov. Journal of Phycology 40: 977-997, 7 figs.
Rindi, F., McIvor, L., Sherwood, A.R., Friedl, T., Guiry, M.D. & Sheath, R.G. (2007). Molecular phylogeny of the green algal order Prasiolales (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 43: 811-822.
SAG Cultures
No records have been found on the SAG site.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 20 November 2008 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 4941 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.)
Friedmann, I. & Manton, I. (1960). Gametes, fertilization and zygote development in Prasiola stipitata Suhr. I. Light Microscopy. Nova Hedwigia 1: 443-462.
Friedmann, I. (1959). Structure, life-history, and sex determination of Prasiola stipitata Suhr.. Annals of Botany, New Series 23: 571-594, 4 plates.
Friedmann, I. (1964). Ecological aspects of the occurrence of meiosis in Prasiola stipitata Suhr. Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 4: 186-190.
Friedmann, I. (1969). Geographic and environmental factors controlling life history and morphology in Prasiola stipitata Suhr. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 116: 203-225.
Kylin, H. (1949). Über die Antibiotische fähigkeit bei einigen Meeresalgen nebst einigen Worten über die Keimung der Sporen von Prasiola stipitata. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund. Förhanlingar 19: 1-4.
Lewin, R.A. (1955). Culture of Prasiola stipitata Suhr. Canadian Journal of Botany 33: 5-10.
Manton, I. & Friedman, I. (1960). Gametes, fertilization and zygote development in Prasiola stipitata Suhr. II. electron microscopy. Nova Hedwigia 1: 13-32.
Raven, J.A. & Johnston, A.M. (1991). Ecophysiology and chemotaxonomy of Prasiola stipitata (Prasiolales, Chlorophyta). British Phycological Journal 26: 95.
Raven, J.A. & Johnston, A.M. (1991). Photosynthetic inorganic carbon assimilation by Prasiola stipitata (Prasiolales, Chlorophyta) under emersed and submersed conditions: relationship to the taxonomy of Prasiola. British Phycological Journal 26: 247-257, 2 figs, 6 tables.
Russell, G. (1991). Salt-stress tolerance in Prasiola stipitata Suhr in Jessen. British Phycological Journal 26: 96.
Sjöstedt, G. (1922). Om Prasiola cornucopiae J.G. Ag. och Prasiola stipitata v. Suhr samt deras förhållende inbördes. Botaniska Notiser 1922: 37-45.
