Gelidium pusillum var. pulvinatum (C.Agardh) Feldmann
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Gelidiales
Family Gelidiaceae
Genus Gelidium
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Publication details
Gelidium pusillum var. pulvinatum (C.Agardh) Feldmann in Feldmann & Hamel 1936: 113
Original publication: Feldmann, J. & Hamel, G. (1936). Floridées de France VII. Gélidiales. Revue Algologique 9: 85-140, 36 figs, pls 2-6.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Sphaerococcus corneus var. pulvinatus C.Agardh
Type information
Type locality: Cadíz, Spain
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), very small (Stearn 1973).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Sphaerococcus corneus var. pulvinatus C.Agardh 1822
Gelidium pulvinatum (C.Agardh) Grunow 1867
General environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Cartilaginous, purplish or blackish red, turf-forming, 2-10 mm high, arising from an extensive creeping base and incorporating shell debris and small molluscs. Erect fronds flattened and leaf-like and 0.5-2 mm broad.
Habitat
On rock in upper intertidal forming extensive mat-like growths below Pelvetia canaliculata, particularly on vertical or near-vertical surfaces. Sometimes associated with Catenella opuntia (p. 00) and Rhodothamniella purpurea (p. 00). Widely distributed, common.
Key characteristics
Turf formation in the upper intertidal, blackish-red colour when slightly dry, and extensive rhizoids.
Similar species
Catenella opuntia also forms turf- or mat-like extensions but is softer has has the appearance of small cocktail sausages.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Gelidium pusillum var. pulvinatum (C.Agardh) Feldmann)
Europe: Balearic Islands (, Rodríguez y Femenías 1889, Navarro & Bellón 1945, Seoane Camba 1975, Ribera Siguán 1983, Ribera Siguán & Gómez Garreta 1984), France (Coppejans 1995, Anon. 2012), Spain (Sauvageau 1897, Hamel 1928, Seoane-Camba 1957, Fischer-Piette, C. & Seoane Camba, J. (1962), Seoane-Camba 1965, Pérez-Cirera & Maldonado 1982, Gallardo et al. 1985, Granja, Cremades & Barbara 1992, Conde et al. 1996, Bárbara & Cremades 1996, Veiga, Cremades & Bárbara 1998, Veiga Villar 1999, Peña & Bárbara 2002, Gorostiaga et al., 2004, Bárbara et al. 2005, Díaz et al 2008), Turkey (Europe) (Taskin et al. 2008).
Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Børgesen 1927).
Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).
Africa: Benin (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003), Cameroon (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003), Equatorial Guinea (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003), Gabon (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003), Gambia (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003), Ghana (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003), Liberia (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003), Mauritius (Børgesen 1950, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Morocco (Dangeard 1949), São Tomé & Príncipe (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003), Sierra Leone (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003), Togo (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003).
Indian Ocean Islands: Réunion (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
South-west Asia: India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Sahoo et al. 2001), Iran (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
Asia: Korea (Lee & Kim 1995).
Nomenclatural notes
Lee & Kim (1995) cite the authority for this as (C. Agardh) J. Feldmann in Feldmann & Hamel, 1936.
Key references
Lee, H.-B. & Kim, J.-I. (1995). Notes on gelidiales species from Korea. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol.5, pp. 161-174. La Jolla, California: California Sea Grant College System.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Gelidium&species=pusillum
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=Gelidium&Species=pusillum
Created: 21 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 01 February 2008 by M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.
