Dictyota stolonifera E.Y. Dawson
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Dictyotales
Family Dictyotaceae
Tribe Dictyoteae
Genus Dictyota
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Panama. In situ bushy cluster of thalli.. D.S. Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).
Panama. In situ bushy cluster of thalli.. D.S. Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).
Panama. Habit of dichotomous, stubby, strap-shaped blades.. D.S. Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).
Panama. Surface view with dotted lines formed from dark central portions of medullary cells.. D.S. Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).
Panama. View of clustered and solitary sporangia; also note dotted lines formed from dark central portions of medullary cells.. D.S. Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).
Panama. Transverse section of blade margin with small deeply pigmented cortical cells and one layer of large medullary cells.. D.S. Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).
Panama. Transverse section of blade with two large spherical sporangia formed from cortical cells.. D.S. Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).
Panama. Transverse section of blade with two large spherical sporangia formed from cortical cells.. D.S. Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).
Panama; section with oogonia. 01 Apr 2010. D.S. Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).
Panama. 27 Apr 2010. D.S. Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).
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Dictyota stolonifera E.Y. Dawson North Keppel Island Queensland Australia; 3 meters,on rock, common, protected area subject to moderate tidal flows,area can have high sediment loads. Image taken with Sony N2 with housing. This is a common species in Keppel Bay however this is a new recor
Publication details
Dictyota stolonifera E.Y. Dawson 1962: 392, pl. 5: fig. A
Original publication: Dawson, E.Y. (1962). Additions to the marine flora of Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Pacific Naturalist 3: 375-395.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dictyota is Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Dilophus stolonifera (Dawson) Schnetter & Bula-Meyer 1982
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Type information
Type locality: Masachapa, Nicaragua, Pacific Ocean. (Coppejans, Leliaert & De Clerck 2000: 59). Holotype: Robert Rasmussen ; 12/22/61; Herb. Alan Hancock Foundation, LAM E.Y. Dawson 22767 (Dawson 1962: 392).
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Dictyota stolonifera E.Y. Dawson)
Central America: Baja California (Norris 2010), Nicaragua (Dawson 1962).
Caribbean Islands: Puerto Rico (Ballantine et al. 2011 
).
South-east Asia: Philippines (De Clerck et al. 2006).
Pacific Islands: Hawaiian Islands (Abbott & Huisman, 2004, Vroom & Timmers 2009).
(as Dilophus stolonifera (Dawson) Schnetter & Bula-Meyer)
South-east Asia: Philippines (De Clerck et al. 2006).
Key references
Ballantine, D.L., Athanasiadis, A. & Ruiz, H. (2011). Notes on the benthic marine algae of Puerto Rico. X. Additions to the flora. Botanica Marina 54(3): 293-302.
De Clerck, O. (2003). The genus Dictyota in the Indian Ocean. Opera Botanica Belgica 13: 1-205, 54 figs, 12 tables.
Norris, J.N. (2010). Marine algae of the Northern Gulf of California: Chlorophyta and Phaeophyceae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 94: i-x, 1-276.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Dictyota&species=stolonifera
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=Dictyota&Species=stolonifera
Created: 03 July 2002 by Olivia Fitzgerald
Verified by: 15 July 2011 by Wendy Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Wendy Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 June 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:46090
