Cystoseira osmundacea (Turner) C.Agardh
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Fucales
Family Sargassaceae
Genus Cystoseira
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Oregon; released eggs showing supernumerary nuclei retained within oogonial wall and elongation of oogonial stalk cell (Hoffman modulation contrast optics). Eric Henry. © Eric Henry (eric@reedmariculture.com).

Oregon, USA; cluster of eggs showing attachment by oogonial stalks, supernumerary nuclei retained within oogonial wall, and sperm attracted to eggs (phase contrast optics)
. Eric Henry. © Eric Henry (eric@reedmariculture.com).

Oregon, USA; receptacle of female plant showing clusters of released eggs
. Eric Henry. © Eric Henry (eric@reedmariculture.com).

Gualala, Mendocino Co., California, USA; in shallow subtidal. 14 Jul 2007. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Carmel State Beach, Monterey, California. 04 Jul 2007. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Carmel State Beach, Monterey, California. 04 Jul 2007. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Carmel State Beach, Monterey, California. 04 Jul 2007. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Publication details
Cystoseira osmundacea (Turner) C.Agardh 1820: 69
Original publication: Agardh, C.A. (1820 '1821'). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum. Pars prima. pp. [i-iv], [1]-168. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cystoseira is Cystoseira concatenata (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Stephanocystis osmundacea (Turner) Trevisan
Basionym
Fucus osmundaceus Turner
Type information
Type locality: At Port Trinidad, on the North-west coast of America (Turner 1808-1809: 92). Type: Mr. Menzies; BM-K
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Common names
(as Cystoseira osmundacea (Turner) C.Agardh)
English: Woody Chain Bladder (Arasaki & Arasaki 1983), Bladder Chain Kelp (Mondragon & Mondragon 2003).
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Cystoseira osmundacea (Turner) C.Agardh)
North America: Baja California (Taylor 1945, Mondragon & Mondragon 2003), California (Scagel et al. 1989, Stewart 1991
, Spalding, Foster & Heine, 2003, Harvey & Goff 2006), Mexico (Harvey & Goff 2006, Castaneda-Fernández de Lara et al. 2010
), Oregon (Hansen 1997, Mondragon & Mondragon 2003
).
Central America: México (Pacific) (Pedroche et al. 2008).
Nomenclatural notes
Taylor (1945) cites this species as Cystoseira osmundacea (Menzies) C. Agardh.
Source of synonymy
Draisma, S.G.A., Ballesteros, E., Rousseau, F. & Thibaut, T. (2010). DNA sequence data demonstrate the polyphyly of the genus Cystoseira and other Sargassaceae genera (Phaeophyceae). Journal of Phycology 46(6): 1329-1345.
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.
De Toni, G.B. (1895). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. III. Fucoideae. Vol. 3 pp. [i]-xvi, [1]-638. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.
Harvey, J.B.J. & Goff, L.J. (2006). A reassessment of species boundaries in Cystoseira and Halidrys (Phaeophyceae, Fucales) along the North American west coast. Journal of Phycology 42: 707-720.
Pedroche, P.F., Silva, P.C., Aguilar Rosas, L.E., Dreckmann, K.M. & Aguilar Rosas, R. (2008). Catálogo de las algas benthónicas del Pacífico de México II. Phaeophycota. pp. [i-viii], i-vi, 15-146. Mexicali & Berkeley: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana and University of California Berkeley.
Smith, G.M. (1944). Marine algae of the Monterey Peninsula. pp. i-ix, 1-622, 98 pls. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Cystoseira&species=osmundacea
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=Cystoseira&Species=osmundacea
Created: 12 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 04 September 2012 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 3272 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.)
Apt, K.E. (1988). Morphology and development of hyperplasia on Cystoseira osmundacea (Phaeophyta) associated with Haloguignardia irritans (Ascomycotina). American Journal of Botany 75: 979-984.
Gunnill, F.C. (1986). Demography of Cystoseira osmundacea and Halidrys dioica (Phaeophyta, Cystoseiraceae) at La Jolla, California, U.S.A.. Botanica Marina 29: 137-146.
Schiel, D.R. (1985). A short-term demographic study of Cystoseira osmundacea (Fucales: Cystoseiraceae) in central California. Journal of Phycology 21: 99-106.
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. 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 20 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:111062




