Chondria coerulescens (J.Agardh) Falkenberg
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophycophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Ceramiales
Family Rhodomelaceae
Tribe Chondrieae
Genus Chondria
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Gorishoek, Oosterschelde Basin, The Netherlands; male reproductive structure.. 21 Jul 2007. Herre Stegenga. © Herre Stegenga.
Spain, Galicia, Ría de Vigo, 2005, intertidal. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara.
Spain, Galicia, Ría de Vigo, 2005, TS main axis, microscope. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara.
subtidal (-3m), Spain, Galicia, Ría de Betanzos, 2007. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara.
Chondria coerulescens (J.Agardh) Falkenberg subtidal (-3m), Spain, Galicia, Ría de Betanzos, 2007
Publication details
Chondria coerulescens (J.Agardh) Falkenberg 1901: 205
Original publication: Falkenberg, P. (1901). Die Rhodomelaceen des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, Monographie 26. pp. i-xvi, 1-754, 10 figs, 24 pls. Berlin.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chondria is Chondria tenuissima (Withering) C.Agardh.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Chondriopsis coerulescens J.Agardh
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), becoming sky-blue (Stearn 1973).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Chondriopsis coerulescens J.Agardh 1863
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Laurencia caerulescens P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan 1852
General environment
This is a marine species.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Chondria coerulescens (J.Agardh) Falkenberg)
Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978, Gómez Garreta et al. 2001), Balearic Islands (Seoane-Camba 1969, Ribera Siguán & Gómez Garreta 1984, Gómez Garreta et al. 2001), Britain (Newton 1931, Maggs & Hommersand 1993, Hardy & Guiry 2003), Corsica (Gómez Garreta et al. 2001), France (Feldmann & Magne 1964, Verlaque 2001, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007), Greece (Athanasiadis 1987, Gómez Garreta et al. 2001), Italy (Giaccone 1969, Cecere et al. 1996, Furnari, Cormaci & Serio 1999, Gómez Garreta et al. 2001, Gómez Garreta et al. 2001, Rindi, Sartoni & Cinelli 2002, Furnari et al. 2003, Furnari et al. 2003, Furnari et al. 2003, Furnari et al. 2003), Netherlands (Stegenga, Kaaremans & Simons 2007), Portugal (Ardré 1970, Araujo et al. 2009, Araújo, Bárbara & Sousa-Pinto in press), Sardinia (Furnari et al. 2003), Slovenia (Rindi & Battelli 2005), Spain (Hamel 1928, Seoane-Camba 1957, Ardré 1957, Fischer-Piette, C. & Seoane Camba, J. (1962), Seoane-Camba 1965, Ballesteros & Romero 1982, Pérez-Cirera & Maldonado 1982, Fernández & Niell 1982, Ballesteros 1983, Fernández, Niell & Anadón 1983, Gallardo et al. 1985, Anadón & Fernández 1986, Granja, Cremades & Barbara 1992, Bárbara & Cremades 1996, Conde et al. 1996, Veiga, Cremades & Bárbara 1998, Gómez Garreta et al. 2001, Peña & Bárbara 2002, Valenzuela Miranda 2002, Sánchez, Fernández & Rico 2003, Gorostiaga et al., 2004, Bárbara et al. 2005, Diaz-Tapia & Bárbara 2005).
Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez & Afonso-Carrillo 1980, Price, John & Lawson 1986, Haroun et al. 2002, Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, John et al. 2004), Madeira (Levring 1974, Neto, Cravo & Haroun 2001, John et al. 2004).
Africa: Algeria (Gómez Garreta et al. 2001), Libya (Gómez Garreta et al. 2001), Morocco (Dangeard 1949, Gómez Garreta et al. 2001), Senegal (John et al. 2004), Tunisia (Meñez & Mathieson 1981, Ben Maiz, Boudouresque & Quahchi 1987).
South-west Asia: Levant states (Gómez Garreta et al. 2001).
Key references
Maggs, C.A. & Hommersand, M.H. (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 3A. Ceramiales. pp. xv + 444, 129 figs, map. London: HMSO.
SAG Cultures
No records have been found on the SAG site.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
No sequences have been found on the NCBI site.
Created: 17 May 1996 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 01 October 2004 by Wendy Guiry
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