Palmaria mollis (Setchell & N.L. Gardner) van der Meer & C.J. Bird
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Palmariales
Family Palmariaceae
Genus Palmaria
Publication details
Palmaria mollis (Setchell & N.L. Gardner) van der Meer & C.J. Bird 1985: 401
Original publication: van der Meer, J.P. & Bird, C.J. (1985). Palmaria mollis stat. nov.: a newly recognized species of Palmaria (Rhodophyceae) from the northeast Pacific coast. Canadian Journal of Botany 63: 398-403.
Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Palmaria is Ceramium palmatum (Linnaeus) Stackhouse.
Status of name
This is regarded as a current name.
Basionym
Rhodymenia palmata var. mollis Setchell & N.L. Gardner
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), soft, pliant (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
Rhodymenia palmata var. mollis Setchell & N.L. Gardner 1903
General environment
This is a marine species.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Rhodymenia palmata var. mollis Setchell & N.L. Gardner)
North America: Alaska (Lindstrom 1977), California (Abbott & Hollenberg 1976).
(as Palmaria mollis (Setchell & N.L. Gardner) van der Meer & C.J. Bird)
North America: Alaska (Scagel et al. 1989, Wynne & Heine 1992, Lindstrom, Olsen & Stam 1996), Aleutian Islands (Mondragon & Mondragon 2003), British Columbia (Scagel et al. 1989), California (Scagel et al. 1989, Mondragon & Mondragon 2003), Oregon (Hansen 1997, Hansen 1997), Washington (Scagel et al. 1989, Lindstrom, Olsen & Stam 1996).
Asia: Kamchatka (Selivanova & Zhigadlova 2009).
Key references
Lindstrom, S., Olsen, J.L. & Stam, W.T. (1997). Postglacial recolonization and the biogeography of Palmaria mollis (Rhodophyta) along the Northeast Pacific coast. Canadian Journal of Botany 75: 1887-1896, 3 figs, 3 tables.
Pueschel, C.M. & van der Meer, J.P. (1985). Ultrastructure of the fungus Petersenia palmariae (Oomycetes) parasitic on the alga Palmaria mollis (Rhodophyceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 63: 409-418.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
No sequences have been found on the NCBI site.
Created: 14 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 01 June 2008 by M.D. Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Guiry, M.D. (1975). Halosacciocolax kjellmanii Lund parasitic on Palmaria palmata forma mollis (S. et G.) Guiry in the eastern North Pacific. Syesis 8: 113-117.
Guiry, M.D. (1975). An assessment of Palmaria palmata forma mollis (S. et G.) comb. nov. (= Rhodymenia palmata forma mollis S. et G.) in the eastern North Pacific. Syesis 8: 245-261.
Lindstrom, S., Olsen, J.L. & Stam, W.T. (1997). Postglacial recolonization and the biogeography of Palmaria mollis (Rhodophyta) along the Northeast Pacific coast. Canadian Journal of Botany 75: 1887-1896, 3 figs, 3 tables.
Pueschel, C.M. & van der Meer, J.P. (1985). Ultrastructure of the fungus Petersenia palmariae (Oomycetes) parasitic on the alga Palmaria mollis (Rhodophyceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 63: 409-418.
van der Meer, J.P. & Bird, C.J. (1985). Palmaria mollis stat. nov.: a newly recognized species of Palmaria (Rhodophyceae) from the northeast Pacific coast. Canadian Journal of Botany 63: 398-403.
van der Meer, J.P. & Pueschel, C.M. (1985). Petersenia palmariae n. sp. (Oomycetes): a pathogeneic parasite of the red alga Palmaria mollis (Rhodophyceae). Can J. Bot. 63: 404-408.
