Porphyra nereocystis C.L.Anderson

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophycophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Bangiophyceae
Subclass Bangiophycidae
Order Bangiales
Family Bangiaceae
Genus Porphyra

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Otter Crest, Oregon, USA; on stipe of Nereocystis lutkeana in drift. 15 Jun 2003. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.

Bamfield, Vancouver Island, Canada. 27 Apr 2004. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.

Porphyra nereocystis C.L.Anderson Otter Crest, Oregon, USA; on stipe of Nereocystis lutkeana in drift

Publication details
Porphyra nereocystis C.L.Anderson in Blankinship & Keeler 1892: 149

Original publication: Blankinship, J.W. & Keeler, C.A. (1892). On the natural history of the Farallon Islands. Zoe 3: 144-165, pls XVIII-XXI.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Porphyra is Porphyra purpurea (Roth) C.Agardh.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: California, USA Type: on Nereocystis. Notes: Index Nominum Algarum states the type locality is implied to be Farallon Is., but more likely Santa Cruz.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Porphyra nereocystis C.L.Anderson)
North America: Alaska (Lindstrom 1977, Scagel et al. 1989, Lindstrom & Fredericq 2003), British Columbia (Scagel 1957, Scagel et al. 1989), California (Abbott & Hollenberg 1976, Scagel et al. 1989), Oregon (Hansen 1997), Washington (Scagel 1957, Scagel et al. 1989, Müller et al. 2005).

Key references
Lindstrom, S.C. & Fredericq, S. (2003). rbcL gene sequences reveal relationships among north-east Pacific species of Porphyra (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) and a new species, P. aestivalis. Phycological Research 51(3): 211-224.

Müller, K.M., Cannone, J.J. & Sheath, R.G. (2005). A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Bangiales (Rhodophyta) and description of a new genus and species, Pseudobangia kaycoleia. Phycologia 44: 146-155.

Smith, G.M. (1944). Marine algae of the Monterey Peninsula. pp. ix, 622, 98 pls. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

SAG Cultures
No records have been found on the SAG site.

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 14 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 25 September 2007 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 2006 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.)

Dickson, L.G. & Waaland, J.R. (1985). Porphyra nereocystis: a dual-daylength seaweed. Planta 165: 548-553.
Hawkes, M.W. (1981). Porphyra nereocystis and P. thuretii (Rhodophyta): gametophyte morphology, distribution, and occurrence. Syesis 14: 97-108.
Waaland, J.R., Dickson, L.G. & Watson, B.A. (1990). Protoplast isolation and regeneration in the marine red alga Porphyra nereocystis. Planta 181: 522-528.
Woessner, J. (1981). The measurement and harvest of the marine crop plant, Porphyra nereocystis. Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 8: 764-769.
Yabu, H. (1970). Cytology in two species of Porphyra from the stipes of Nereocystis luetkeana (Mert.) Post. et Rupr.. Bulletin of the Faculty of Fisheries Hokkaido University 20: 243-251.