Porphyra nereocystis C.L. Anderson

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

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Bamfield, Vancouver Island, Canada. 27 Apr 2004. M.D. Guiry.

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

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 is regarded as a current name.

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.

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
As of 2 June 2009, nucleotide sequence data are available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank for 8 samples identified as Porphyra nereocystis.

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 1696 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.