Halimeda incrassata (J.Ellis) J.V.Lamouroux

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Bryopsidales
Family Halimedaceae
Genus Halimeda

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1. Longitudinal section of segment. 2. Cells from above. 3, 4. Habit (in aquarium), Okinawa Island, Japan.. 29 Feb 2012. Eduard and Tamara Titlyanova (etitlyanov@mail.ru). © Eduard and Tamara Titlyanova (etitlyanov@mail.ru).

Bonaire, Caribbean. 26 Mar 2011. Mat Vestjens & Anne Frijsinger. © Mat Vestjens & Anne Frijsinger (annenmat@natuurlijkmooi.net).

Porto Santo Island (Madeira Island Archipelago); 30 m subtidal; Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, PO Box 103, - 9125 Canico, Madeira Portugal, Tel+Fax 00351-291-934784; peterwirtz2004@yahoo.com. Peter Wirtz. © Peter Wirtz (peterwirtz2004@yahoo.com ).

Halimeda incrassata (J.Ellis) J.V.Lamouroux Porto Santo Island (Madeira Island Archipelago); 30 m subtidal; Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, PO Box 103, - 9125 Canico, Madeira Portugal, Tel+Fax 00351-291-934784; peterwirtz2004@yahoo.com

Publication details
Halimeda incrassata (J.Ellis) J.V.Lamouroux 1816: 307

Original publication: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. pp. [i]-lxxxiv, chart, [1]-560, [560, err], pls I-XIX, uncol. by author. Caen: De l'imprimerie de F. Poisson.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Halimeda is Halimeda tuna (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux.

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

Basionym
Corallina incrassata J.Ellis

Type information
Type locality: West Indies (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 868).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Corallina incrassata J.Ellis 1768

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Halimeda tridens f. typica
Corallina tridens J.Ellis & Solander 1786
Halimeda tridens (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux 1812
Halimeda brevicaulis Kützing 1858
Halimeda incrassata f. lamourouxii J.Agardh 1887
Halimeda incrassata f. ovata J.Agardh 1887
Halimeda incrassata f. tridentata Duchassaing ex J.Agardh 1887
Halimeda incrassata f. tripartita E.S.Barton 1901
Halimeda incrassata f. rotunda Barton 1901
Halimeda incrassata f. gracilis Børgesen 1913

General environment
This is a Marine species.

Distribution by country

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Halimeda tridens f. typica )
North America: Florida (Taylor 1928).

(as Halimeda tridens (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux)
North America: Florida (Taylor 1928).

Pacific Islands: Marshall Islands (Taylor 1950).

(as Halimeda incrassata (J.Ellis) J.V.Lamouroux)
Atlantic Islands: Bermuda (Taylor 1960).

North America: Florida (Taylor 1960, Dawes 1974, Collado-Vides et al 2005, Verbruggen et al 2005, Lam & Zechman 2006, Littler, Littler & Hanisak 2008, Collado-Vides et al. 2011), Mexico (Taylor 1960, Verbruggen et al 2005, van Tussenbroek et al. 2006), Texas (Verbruggen et al 2005, Wynne 2009).

Central America: Belize (Taylor 1960, Norris & Bucher 1982, Littler & Littler 1997), Panama (Taylor 1960, Wysor & Kooistra 2003, Verbruggen et al 2005).

Caribbean Islands: Bahamas (Taylor 1960, Verbruggen et al 2005), Barbados (Taylor 1960), Caicos Islands (Taylor 1960), Caribbean (Littler & Littler 2000), Cuba (Taylor 1960, Cabrera, Moreira & Suárez 2004, Suárez 2005), Hispaniola (Taylor 1960), Jamaica (Taylor 1960, Verbruggen et al 2005), Lesser Antilles (Taylor 1960), Martinique (Rodríguez-Prieto, Michanek & Ivon 1999), Netherlands Antilles (Taylor 1960, Verbruggen et al 2005), Puerto Rico (Taylor 1960), Virgin Islands (Taylor 1960).

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

South America: Brazil (Oliveira Filho 1977, Moura 2010), Venezuela (Ganesan 1990).

Africa: Kenya (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Bolton, Oyieke & Gwanda 2007), Madagascar (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Mauritius (Børgesen 1940, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Somalia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Tanzania (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Oliveira, Österlund & Mtolera 2005, Verbruggen et al 2005).

South-west Asia: India (Sahoo et al. 2001).

Asia: China (Tseng 1984), Japan (Okamura 1936, Segawa 1981, Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Yoshida 1998, Titlyanov & Titlyanov 2012), Taiwan (Anon. 2012).

South-east Asia: Indonesia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Verbruggen et al 2005), Philippines (Silva, Meñez & Moe 1987, Verbruggen et al 2005), Singapore (Pham et al. 2011), Thailand (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Vietnam (Pham-Hoàng 1969, Tien 2007).

Australia and New Zealand: Papua New Guinea (Coppejans et al. 2001, Littler & Littler 2003 ), Queensland (Lewis 1987, Phillips 2002, Verbruggen et al 2005, Bostock & Holland 2010).

Pacific Islands: American Samoa (Skelton et al. 2004), Federated States of Micronesia (Lobban & Tsuda 2003, Tsuda 2006), Fiji (N'Yeurt, South & Keats 1996, South & Skelton 2003), French Polynesia (Payri, N'Yeurt & Orempuller 2000, Verbruggen et al 2005), Hawaiian Islands (Abbott & Huisman, 2004, Verbruggen et al 2005), Mariana Islands (Tsuda 2003), Republic of Palau (Ohba et al 2007), Samoan Archipelago (Skelton & South 1999), Solomon Islands (Womersley & Bailey 1970), Tahiti (Verbruggen et al 2005).

(as Halimeda incrassata f. ovata J.Agardh)
Asia: Japan (Okamura 1936).

(as Halimeda incrassata f. tripartita E.S.Barton)
Central America: Panama (Wysor & Kooistra 2003).

Caribbean Islands: Cuba (Suárez 2005).

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

(as Halimeda incrassata f. gracilis Børgesen)
Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).

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.

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.

Hillis-Colinvaux, L. (1980). Ecology and taxonomy of Halimeda: primary producer of coral reefs. Advances in Marine Biology 17: 1-327, 104 figs, XXXIV tables.

Lam, D.W. & Zechman, F.W. (2006). Phylogenetic analyses of the Bryopsidales (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) based on RUBISCO large subunit gene sequences. Journal of Phycology 42: 669-678.

Skelton, P.A. & South, G.R. (2007). The benthic marine algae of the Samoan Archipelago, South Pacific, with emphasis on the Apia District. Nova Hedwigia Beihefte 132: 1-350.

Titlyanov, E.A. & Titlyanov, T.V. (2012). Marine plants of the Asian Pacific Region countries, their use and cultivation. pp. [1]-376, many col. photographs. Vladivostok: Dalnauka & A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

van Tussenbroek, B.I, Santos, M.G. B. & van Dijk, J.K. (2006). Unusual synchronous spawning by green algae (Bryopsidales), after the passage of Hurricane Wilma (2005) . Botanica Marina 49(3): 270, 271.

Verbruggen, H., De Clerck, O., Kooistra, W.H.C.F. & Coppejans, E. (2005). Molecular and morphometric data pinpoint species boundaries in Halimeda section Rhipsalis (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 41: 606-621.

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

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=Halimeda&Species=incrassata

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 09 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 26 February 2013 by M.D. 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.)

Kaldy, J.E. (1996). Range extension of Halimeda incrassata (Chlorophyta, Bryopsidales): occurrence in the Lower Laguna Madra of Texas. South W. Naturalist 41: 419-423.
van Tussenbroek, B.I. & van Dijk, J.K. (2007). Spatial and temporal variability in biomass and production of psammophytic Halimeda incrassata (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) in a Caribbean reef lagoon. Journal of Phycology 43: 69-77.
Verbruggen, H., De Clerck, O., N'Yeurt, A.D.R., Spalding, H. & Vroom, P. (2006). Phylogeny and taxonomy of Halimeda incrassata, including descriptions of H. kanaloana and H. heteromorpha spp. nov. (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). European Journal of Phycology 41: 337-362.

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