Batrachospermum faroense S.Kumano & W.A.Bowden-Kerby

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 faroense S.Kumano & W.A.Bowden-Kerby 1986: 123, figs 66-81

Original publication: Kumano, S. & Bowden-Kerby, W.A. (1986). Studies of the freshwater Rhodophyta of Micronesia I. Six new species of Batrachospermum Roth. Japanese Journal of Phycology 34: 107-128.

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

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Kumanoa faroensis (Kumano & W.A.Bowden-Kerby) M.L.Vis, Necchi, W.B.Chiasson & Entwisle

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

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Type information
Type locality: Truk: Faro Village, Tol Island (Silva 1996-to date). Type: W.A. Bowden-Kerby; 11.v.1982; Herb. Fac. Sci., Kobe Univ. (Silva 1996-to date

Source of synonymy
Vis, M.L., Necchi, O., Jr., Chiasson, W.B. & Entwisle, T.J. (2012). Molecular phylogeny of the genus Kumanoa (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 48(3): 750-758.

Key references
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.

Necchi Júnior, O. & Vis, M.L. (2012). Monograph of the genus Kumanoa (Rhodophyta, Batrachospermales). Bibliotheca Phycologica 116: [1]-79, pls 1-26.

Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum, University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/INA.html. Updated continuously. ..

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

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=faroense

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 02 August 2012 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 305 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=40794

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 25 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:109450