Batrachospermum involutum Vis & Sheath

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Nemaliophycidae
Order Batrachospermales
Family Batrachospermaceae
Genus Batrachospermum

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Publication details
Batrachospermum involutum Vis & Sheath 1996: 128, 129, figs 25-34

Original publication: Vis, M.L. & Sheath, R.G. (1996). Distribution and systematics of Batrachospermum (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) in North America. 9. Section Batrachospermum : description of five new species. Phycologia 35: 124-134.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Batrachospermum is Batrachospermum gelatinosum (Linnaeus) De Candolle.

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

Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Batrachospermum Section Batrachospermum [Helminthoidea? - see Entwisle et al., 2009]

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Type information
Type locality: San Marcos River at San Marcos, Texas, USA (Vis & Sheath 1996: 129). Holotype: R.G Sheath TX 2b: R.G. Sheath and M.L. Vis; 1 December 1993; Stream. UBC A81614 (Vis & Sheath 1996: 129).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Batrachospermum involutum Vis & Sheath)
North America: Texas (Vis & Sheath 1996).

Key references
Entwisle, T.J., Vis, M.L., Chiasson, W.B., Necchi Jr., O. & Sherwood, A.R. (2009). Systematics of the Batrachospermales (Rhodophyta) - a synthesis. Journal of Phycology 45(3): 704-715, 2 figs, 1 table.

Kumano, S. (2002). Freshwater Red Algae of the World. pp. [i-ii], i-xiv, 1-375 [p. 375 is an Addendum], pls 1-199. Bristol: Biopress Limited.

Stewart, S.A. & Vis, M.L. (2007). Investigation of two species complexes in Batrachospermum section Batrachospermum (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 46(4): 380-385, 2 figs, 2 tables.

Vis, M.L., Chiasson, W.B. & Sheath, R.G. (2005). Phylogenetic relationship of Batrachospermum species (Batrachospermales, Rhodphyta) from coastal streams in French Guiana. Phycologia 44: 441-446.

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

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=Batrachospermum&Species=involutum

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 20 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 28 August 2012 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 412 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.)

Sheath, R.G. & Müller, K.M. (1997). Ultrastructure of carpogonia and carpogonial branches of Batrachospermum helminthosum and Batrachospermum involutum (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta). Phycological Research 45: 177-181, 10 figs.

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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 21 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:52243