Endocladia muricata (Endlichter) J.Agardh
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Gigartinales
Family Endocladiaceae
Genus Endocladia
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Northern California. 08 Mar 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org). © Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org).
Northern California; with cystocarps. 08 Mar 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org). © Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org).
Northern California. 08 Mar 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org). © Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org).
Northern California. 08 Mar 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org). © Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org).
Nudibranch Pt; Barkley Sound, British Columbia, Canada. Colin Bates (colinba@interchange.ubc.ca). © Coastal Imageworks (colinba@interchange.ubc.ca).
Cape Perpetua Oregon, U.S.A.; upper intertidal with Pelvetiopsis limitata.. 20 Jun 2003. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Cape Perpetua Oregon, U.S.A.; on barnacles.. 20 Jun 2003. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Bamfield, Vancouver Island, Canada; dark horizontal band in upper shore. 27 Apr 2004. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Otter Crest, Oregon, USA; upper intertidal.. 15 Jun 2003. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Gualala, Mendocino Co., California, USA; on rock. 14 Jul 2007. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Publication details
Endocladia muricata (Endlichter) J.Agardh 1847: 10
Original publication: Agardh, J.G. (1847). Nya alger från Mexico. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Adademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 4: 5-17.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Endocladia is Endocladia vernicata J.Agardh.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Gelidium muricatum Endlichter
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), covered wiith short, hard points.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Gelidium muricatum Endlichter 1843
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Gigartina muricata Postels & Ruprecht 1840
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Endocladia muricata (Endlichter) J.Agardh)
North America: Alaska (Lindstrom 1977, Scagel et al. 1989, Lindeberg & Lindstrom 2010), Aleutian Islands (Mondragon & Mondragon 2003 
), Baja California (Mondragon & Mondragon 2003 ), British Columbia (Scagel et al. 1989), California (Abbott & Hollenberg 1976, Silva 1979, Scagel et al. 1989, Stewart 1991, Miller 2012), Mexico (Dawson 1953), Oregon (Hansen 1997), Washington (Scagel et al. 1989, Murru & Sandgren 2004, Galloway et al. 2012).
Asia: Russia (Perestenko 1994).
Nomenclatural notes
As Gigartina muricata Postels & Ruprecht is later homonym of Gigartina muricata (S.G. Gmelin) J.V. Lamouroux, Gelidium muricatum is treated as a new name is treated as a new name attributable to Endlicher and the basionym of Endocladia muricata. - (18 Aug 2006) - Wendy Guiry
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.
Lindeberg, M.R. & Lindstrom, S.C. (2010). Field guide to the seaweeds of Alaska. pp. [i-]iii-iv, 1-188, numerous col. photographs. Fairbanks: Alaska Sea Grant College Program.
Murru, M. & Sandgren, C.D. (2004). Habitat matters for inorganic carbon acquisition in 38 species of red macroalgae (Rhodophyta) from Puget Sound, Washington, USA. Journal of Phycology 40: 837-845, 2 figs, 1 table.
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=Endocladia&species=muricata
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=Endocladia&Species=muricata
Created: 13 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 28 October 2010 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 3889 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.)
Britting, S.A. & Chapman, D.J. (1993). Physiological comparison of the isomorphic life history phases of the high intertidal alga Endocladia muricata (Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 29: 739 -745, 4 figs, 2 tables.
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=4954
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 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:72846
