Batrachospermum macrosporum Montagne

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 macrosporum Montagne 1850: 293

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.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Batrachospermum excelsum Montagne 1850
Batrachospermum oxycladum Montagne 1850
Batrachospermum macrosporum var. excelsum (Montagne) Sirodot 1884
Batrachospermum macrosporum var. oxycladum (Montagne) Sirodot 1884
Chantransia macrospora Wood 1887
Batrachospermum australe Collins 1906
Batrachospermum macrospora (Wood) Collins 1906
Pseudochantransia macrospora (Wood) Brand 1910
Audouinella macrospora (Wood) Sheath & Burkholder 1985

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Type information
Type locality: French Guiana: in Orapu and Comté rivers, near Cayenne (Silva 1996-to date). Holotype: C. Leprieur 1105; PC (Necchi 1990: 37).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Batrachospermum macrosporum Montagne)
North America: Alabama (Vis et al. 2008), Mississippi (Chiasson et al 2005, Vis et al. 2008), New Jersey (Vis et al. 2008), North Carolina (Vis et al. 2008).

South America: Brazil (Necchi 1990, Vis et al. 2008, Necchi & Oliveira 2011), French Guiana (Necchi 1990, Vis et al 2005, Chiasson et al 2005, Vis et al. 2008).

(as Chantransia macrospora Wood)
South America: Brazil (Necchi & Oliveira 2011).

Taxonomic notes
Section Macrospora: tentatively accepted pending sequencing of other taxa referred to this section (only B. macrosporum has been sequenced so far) (Entwisle et al., 2009: table 1). - (27 Aug 2012) - Wendy Guiry

Source of synonymy
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.

Key references
Chiasson, W.B., Sabo, N.J. & Vis, M.L. (2005). Affinities of freshwater putative chantransia stages (Rhodophyta) from molecular and morphological data. Phycologia 44: 163-168.

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.

Necchi, O., Jr (1990). Revision of the genus Batrachospermum Roth (Rhodophyta, Batrachospermales) in Brazil. Bibliotheca Phycologica 84: iii + 201, 270 figs.

Necchi, O., Jr. & Oliveira, M.C. (2011). Phylogenetic affinities of "Chantransia" stages in members of the Batrachospermales and Thoreales (Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 47(3): 680-686.

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.

Vis, M.L., Hodge, J.C. & Necchi, O. Jr. (2008). Phylogeography of Batrachospermum macrosporum (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) from North and South America. Journal of Phycology 44: 882-888.

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

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=macrosporum

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 27 August 2012 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 401 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.)

Vis, M.L., Hodge, J.C. & Necchi, O. Jr. (2008). Phylogeography of Batrachospermum macrosporum (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) from North and South America. Journal of Phycology 44: 882-888.

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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 23 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:51794