Amphiroa rigida J.V.Lamouroux

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Corallinophycidae
Order Corallinales
Family Corallinaceae
Subfamily Lithophylloideae
Genus Amphiroa

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Hawaii; scale is 5 mm. 12 Aug 2011. J.M. Huisman. © J.M. Huisman. From: Huisman JM, Abbott IA, Smith CM (2007). Hawaiian reef plants. University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program, Honolulu. 264 p. Available from Seagrant, University of Hawai'i.

Selce, northern Croatia. 26 Mar 2011. Mat Vestjens & Anne Frijsinger. © Mat Vestjens & Anne Frijsinger (annenmat@natuurlijkmooi.net).

Selce, northern Croatia. 26 Mar 2011. Mat Vestjens & Anne Frijsinger. © Mat Vestjens & Anne Frijsinger (annenmat@natuurlijkmooi.net).

Tanzania. Katrin Østerlund. © Katrin Oesterlund (Katrin.Osterlund@uadm.uu.se). From: Oliveira, E., Österlund, K. & Mtolera, M.S.P. (2005). Marine Plants of Tanzania. A field guide to the seaweeds and seagrasses. pp. 267, Numerous coloured illustrations and line drawings. Stockholm: Botany Department, Stockholm University.

Mediterranean; conceptacles. Mirella Coppola di Canzano. © Mirella Coppola di Canzano (mirella.coppoladicanzano@fastwebnet.it). From: Bressan, G. & Babbini, L. (2003). Biodiversità marina delle coste Italiane: Corallinales del Mar Mediterraneo: guida all deteminazione. Biologia Marina Mediterranea 10(Suppl. 2): 1-237..

Mediterranean. Mirella Coppola di Canzano. © Mirella Coppola di Canzano (mirella.coppoladicanzano@fastwebnet.it). From: Bressan, G. & Babbini, L. (2003). Biodiversità marina delle coste Italiane: Corallinales del Mar Mediterraneo: guida all deteminazione. Biologia Marina Mediterranea 10(Suppl. 2): 1-237..

Mediterranean. Mirella Coppola di Canzano. © Mirella Coppola di Canzano (mirella.coppoladicanzano@fastwebnet.it). From: Bressan, G. & Babbini, L. (2003). Biodiversità marina delle coste Italiane: Corallinales del Mar Mediterraneo: guida all deteminazione. Biologia Marina Mediterranea 10(Suppl. 2): 1-237..

Mediterranean.. Mirella Coppola di Canzano. © Mirella Coppola di Canzano (mirella.coppoladicanzano@fastwebnet.it). From: Bressan, G. & Babbini, L. (2003). Biodiversità marina delle coste Italiane: Corallinales del Mar Mediterraneo: guida all deteminazione. Biologia Marina Mediterranea 10(Suppl. 2): 1-237..

Mirella Coppola di Canzano. © Mirella Coppola di Canzano (mirella.coppoladicanzano@fastwebnet.it). From: Bressan, G. & Babbini, L. (2003). Biodiversità marina delle coste Italiane: Corallinales del Mar Mediterraneo: guida all deteminazione. Biologia Marina Mediterranea 10(Suppl. 2): 1-237..

Mediterranean. Mirella Coppola di Canzano. © Mirella Coppola di Canzano (mirella.coppoladicanzano@fastwebnet.it). From: Bressan, G. & Babbini, L. (2003). Biodiversità marina delle coste Italiane: Corallinales del Mar Mediterraneo: guida all deteminazione. Biologia Marina Mediterranea 10(Suppl. 2): 1-237..

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Amphiroa rigida J.V.Lamouroux

Publication details
Amphiroa rigida J.V.Lamouroux 1816: 297, pl. XI: fig. 1

Original publication: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. pp. [i]-lxxxiv, chart, [1]-560, [560, err], pls I-XIX, uncol. by author. Caen: De l'imprimerie de F. Poisson.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Amphiroa is Amphiroa tribulus (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux.

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

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), rigid (Stearn 1973).

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amphiroa isioides J.V.Lamouroux
Amphiroa spina Kützing 1843
Amphiroa amethistina Zanardini 1844
Amphiroa inordinata Zanardini 1844
Amphiroa rigida var. antillana Børgesen 1917

General environment
This is a Marine species.

Type information
Type locality: Mediterranean Sea (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 224).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Amphiroa rigida J.V.Lamouroux)
Europe: Adriatic (Giaccone 1978, Munda 1979, Ercegovic 1980, Babbini & Bressan 1997), Balearic Islands (, Piccone 1889, Rodríguez y Femenías 1889, Bellón 1921, Navarro & Bellón 1945, Dao 1957, Ribera Siguán 1983, Ribera Siguán & Gómez Garreta 1984, Babbini & Bressan 1997, Ribera, Coloreu, Rodriguez Prieto & Ballesteros 1997, Cremades, Bárbara & Veiga 1997, Bressan & Babbini 2003), Corsica (Boudouresque & Perret 1977, Coppejans 1979, Verlaque 1984, Rodríguez Prieto, Boudouresque & Marcot-Coqueugniot 1993, Babbini & Bressan 1997, Bressan & Babbini 2003, Sales & Ballesteros 2011), Croatia (Bressan & Babbini 2003), France (Feldmann 1939, Coppejans 1972, Babbini & Bressan 1997, Bressan & Babbini 2003, Dizerbo & Herpe 2007, Anon. 2012), Greece (Gerloff & Geissler 1974, Diapoulis, Haritonidis & Koussouris 1986, Athanasiadis 1987, Bressan & Babbini 2003, Tsirika & Haritonidis 2005), Italy (Giaccone 1969, Feoli & Bressan 1972, Edwards et al. 1975, Cinelli et al. 1976, Cecere et al. 1996, Babbini & Bressan 1997, Babbini & Bressan 1997, Babbini & Bressan 1997, Furnari, Cormaci & Serio 1999, Rindi, Sartoni & Cinelli 2002, Furnari et al. 2003, Furnari et al. 2003, Furnari et al. 2003, Furnari et al. 2003, Bressan & Babbini 2003, Bressan & Babbini 2003, Serio et al 2006), Malta (Cormaci et al. 1997, Babbini & Bressan 1997, Bressan & Babbini 2003), Portugal (Ardré 1970), Sardinia (Babbini & Bressan 1997, Furnari et al. 2003, Bressan & Babbini 2003), Spain (Seoane-Camba 1965, Ballesteros 1981, Ballesteros & Romero 1982, Barcelo & Seoane 1982, Boisset & Barceló 1984, Pérez-Ruzafa & Honrubia 1984, Gallardo et al. 1985, Rodriguez Prieto & Polo Alberti 1988, Soto & Conde 1989, Pérez-Ruzafa et al. 1991, Conde et al. 1996, Babbini & Bressan 1997, Bressan & Babbini 2003, Gorostiaga et al., 2004, Pérez-Ruzafa et al. 2008, Invernón et al. 2009), Turkey (Europe) (Güven & Öztig 1971, Cirik, Zeybeck, Aysel & Cirik 1990, Babbini & Bressan 1997, Bressan & Babbini 2003, Taskin et al. 2008 ).

Atlantic Islands: Ascension (Price, John & Lawson 1986), Azores (Neto 1994, Tittley & Neto 1994), Canary Islands (Price, John & Lawson 1986, Guadalupe et al. 1995, Haroun et al. 2002, Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, John et al. 2004, Anon 2011), Cape Verde Islands (John et al. 2004, Prud'homme van Reine, Haroun & Kostermans 2005), Madeira (Levring 1974, Neto, Cravo & Haroun 2001, Haroun et al. 2002, John et al. 2004).

North America: Gulf of California (Dawson 1944), Texas (Wynne 2009).

Central America: Costa Rica (Fernández-García et al. 2011), Nicaragua (Fernández-García et al. 2011).

Caribbean Islands: Caribbean (Littler & Littler 2000), Cuba (Suárez 2005), Hispaniola (Betancourt & Herrera-Moreno, 2001), Trinidad & Tobago (Duncan & Lee Lum 2006).

Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).

South America: Brazil (Creed et al. 2010), Colombia (Díaz-Pulido & Díaz-Ruíz 2003).

Africa: Algeria (Babbini & Bressan 1997, Bressan & Babbini 2003), Cameroon (Price, John & Lawson 1986, Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003, John et al. 2004), Egypt (Aleem 1993), Gabon (John et al. 2004), Ghana (Price, John & Lawson 1986, Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003, John et al. 2004), Kenya (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Bolton, Oyieke & Gwanda 2007), Libya (Babbini & Bressan 1997, Bressan & Babbini 2003), Mauritius (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Morocco (Dangeard 1949, Babbini & Bressan 1997, Bressan & Babbini 2003), Tanzania (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Oliveira, Österlund & Mtolera 2005), Tunisia (Meñez & Mathieson 1981, Ben Maiz, Boudouresque & Quahchi 1987, Babbini & Bressan 1997, Bressan & Babbini 2003).

Indian Ocean Islands: Andaman Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Laccadive Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Nicobar Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Réunion (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

South-west Asia: India (Sahoo et al. 2001), Israel (Nemlich & Danin 1964, Bressan & Babbini 2003, Hoffman 2004, Einav 2007), Levant states (Babbini & Bressan 1997), Turkey (Asia) (Taskin et al. 2008 ).

Asia: Japan (Okamura 1936, Segawa 1981, Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Yoshida 1998).

South-east Asia: Indonesia (Atmadja & Prud'homme van Reine 2012), Philippines (Silva, Meñez & Moe 1987), Singapore (Teo & Wee 1983, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Pham et al. 2011), Thailand (Coppejans et al. 2011).

Australia and New Zealand: Queensland (Phillips 1997, Phillips 2002, Bostock & Holland 2010).

Pacific Islands: Fiji (South & Skelton 2003), Hawaiian Islands (Abbott 1999, Huisman, Abbott & Smith 2007).

(as Amphiroa rigida var. antillana Børgesen)
Central America: Belize (Norris & Bucher 1982, Littler & Littler 1997).

Caribbean Islands: Cuba (Suárez 2005), Lesser Antilles (Taylor 1969).

South America: Brazil (Oliveira Filho 1977), Venezuela (Ganesan 1990).

Africa: Mauritius (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

Key references
Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, pls 1-266 (colour photographs). Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag.

Bressan, G. & Babbini, L. (2003). Biodiversità marina delle coste Italiane: Corallinales del Mar Mediterraneo: guida all deteminazione. Biologia Marina Mediterranea 10(Suppl. 2): 1-237.

Dawes, C.J. & Mathieson, A.C. (2008). The seaweeds of Florida. pp. [i]- viii, [1]-591, [592], pls I-LI. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida.

Huisman, J.M., Abbott, I.A., Smith, C.M. (2007). Hawaiian reef plants. pp. [1]-264, numerous colour photographs. Honolulu: A publication of the University of Hawai'i Sea Grant College Program.

Rodríguez-Prieto, C., Ballesteros, E., Boisset, F. & Afonso-Carrillo, J. (2013). Guía de las macroalgas y fanerógamas marinas del Mediterráneo occidental. pp. [1]-656. Barcelona: Ediciones Omega, S.A..

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Amphiroa&species=rigida

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=Amphiroa&Species=rigida

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 30 July 1996 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 30 April 2013 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.)

Choi, D.S. (2007). Taxonomic study of Amphiroa rigida Lamouroux (Rhodophyta) in Korea. Algae 22(3): 159-165, 3 figs.
Segawa, S. (1940). Systematic anatomy of the articulated corallines (I). Amphiroa rigida Lamouroux. Journal of Japanese Botany 17: 563-572.

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M.D. 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 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:76853