Boodleopsis pusilla (F.S.Collins) W.R.Taylor, A.B.Joly & Bernatowicz
Publication details
Boodleopsis pusilla (F.S.Collins) W.R.Taylor, A.B.Joly & Bernatowicz 1953: 105-106, pls I-III
Original publication: Taylor, W.R., Joly, A.B. & Bernatowicz, A.J. (1953). The relation of Dichotomosiphon pusillus to the algal genus Boodleopsis. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 38: 97-107(-108), Plates I-III.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Boodleopsis is Boodleopsis siphonacea A.Gepp & E.S.Gepp.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Dichotomosiphon pusillus F.S.Collins
Type information
Type locality: West Indies (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 878).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), very small (Stearn 1973).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Dichotomosiphon pusillus F.S.Collins 1909
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Boodleopsis pusilla (F.S.Collins) W.R.Taylor, A.B.Joly & Bernatowicz)
Atlantic Islands: Bermuda (Taylor 1960, Schneider & Searles 1991), Cape Verde Islands (Otero-Schmitt & Sanjuan 1992, John et al. 2004, Prud'homme van Reine, Haroun & Kostermans 2005).
North America: Baja California Sur (Gulf) (Pérez-Eatrada et al. 2012 
), Florida (Dawes 1974), Georgia (Schneider & Searles 1991), North Carolina (Schneider & Searles 1991).
Central America: El Salvador (Fernández-García et al. 2011).
Caribbean Islands: Bahamas (Taylor 1960), Caribbean (Littler & Littler 2000), Cuba (Taylor 1960, Suárez 2005), Jamaica (Taylor 1960), Lesser Antilles (Taylor 1960), Puerto Rico (Taylor 1960), Trinidad (Richardson 1975), Trinidad & Tobago (Duncan & Lee Lum 2006).
Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).
South America: Brazil (Taylor 1960, Joly 1965, Oliveira Filho 1977, Castelar et al. 2009, Moura 2010), Galápagos Islands (Ruiz & Ziemmeck 2011), Venezuela (Ganesan 1990).
Africa: Equatorial Guinea (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003, John et al. 2004), Ghana (John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003, John et al. 2004), Kenya (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Bolton, Oyieke & Gwanda 2007), Mozambique (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Sierra Leone (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003, John et al. 2004), Tanzania (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Oliveira, Österlund & Mtolera 2005).
Indian Ocean Islands: Aldabra Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Seychelles (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
South-west Asia: Israel (Einav 2007), Pakistan (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Sri Lanka (Coppejans et al. 2009).
Asia: Japan (Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Yoshida 1998, Titlyanov et al 2006).
South-east Asia: Philippines (Silva, Meñez & Moe 1987).
Australia and New Zealand: Queensland (Lewis 1987, Phillips 1997, Phillips 2002, Bostock & Holland 2010).
Key references
Calderon-Saenz, E. & Schnetter, R. (1989). The life histories of Boodleopsis vaucherioidea sp. nov. & B. pusilla (Caulerpales) and their phylogenetic implications. Phycologia 28: 476-490.
Curtis, N.E., Dawes, C.J. & Pierce, S.K. (2008). Phylogenetic analysis of the large subunit rubisco gene supports the exclusion of Arainvillea and Cladocephalus from the Udoteaceae (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 44: 761-767.
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.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Boodleopsis&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=Boodleopsis&Species=pusilla
Created: 09 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 30 October 2008 by Wendy Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Calderon-Saenz, E. & Schnetter, R. (1989). The life histories of Boodleopsis vaucherioidea sp. nov. & B. pusilla (Caulerpales) and their phylogenetic implications. Phycologia 28: 476-490.
Calderón-Sáenz, E. & Schnetter, R. (1989). The life histories of Boodleopsis vaucherioides sp. nov. and B. pusilla (Caulerpales) and their phylogenetic implications. Phycologia 28: 476-490, 32 figs, 1 table.
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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 June 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:73939
