Liagora julieae I.A.Abbott & Huisman 2003
Publication Details
Liagora julieae I.A.Abbott & Huisman 2003: 596, 599, 600, figs 10-17
Published in: Abbott, I.A. & Huisman, J.M. (2003). The Liagoraceae (Nemaliales, Rhodophyta) of the Hawaiian Islands II: the species of Liagora with quadripartite carposporangia, including descriptions of L. donaldiana sp. nov. and L. julieae sp. nov. Phycologia 42(6): 594-605, 33 figs, 1 table.
Request PDFPublication date: "Published 26 November 2003"
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Liagora is Liagora viscida (Forsskål) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Holotype locality: Ma’ili, O’ahu, Hawaiian Islands; (Abbott & Huisman 2003: 596) Holotype: L.M. Hodgson; 5 June 2002; On intertidal reef flat; IA; 28798 (Abbott & Huisman 2003: 596, 599)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Plants up to 3 cm in height, heavily calcified, dichotomously branched. Axes up to 1 mm in diameter, with annulations, Medulla with elongate cells 15-40 microns in diameter, mixed with rhizoidal filaments. Assimilatory filaments up to 300 microns long, dichotomously branched; lower cells elongate, 7.5-17.5 microns in diameter; outer cells pyriform or subspherical , 5-10 microns in diameter. Plants monoecious. Spermatangia single or in pairs, borne on spermatangial mother cells on outer cortical cells. Carpogonial branches three-celled, slightly curved. Fertilized carpogonium dividing transversely, with both daughter cells dividing longitudinally to produce the gonimoblast. Carposporophyte hemispherical, moderately diffuse, up to 250 microns in diameter, with fertile filaments intermingling with sterile filaments, with terminal quadripartite carposporangia. Fusion cell present but not extensive.
Created: 09 January 2004 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 February 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
