Rhodaphanes brevistipitata J.A.West, G.C.Zuccarello, J.L Scott & K.A.West 2007
Publication Details
Rhodaphanes brevistipitata J.A.West, G.C.Zuccarello, J.L Scott & K.A.West 2007: 443 , 444, figs 1-14
Published in: West, J.A., Zuccarello, G.C., Scott, J.L., West, K.A. & Karsten, U. (2007). Rhodaphanes brevistipitata gen. et sp. nov., a new member of the Stylonematophyceae (Rhodophyta). Phycologia 46: 440-449, 15 figs, 2 tables.
Request PDFPublication date: July 2007
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodaphanes.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia; (West & al. 2007: 443) Holotype: 20 October 2005; Epiphytic on Spermothamnion cymosum collected in the intertidal; NSW; 734110 (West & al. 2007: 443, 441) Notes: Type culture: CCAP 1387/1. Also cryopreserved culture. GenBank.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Thallus short (<1.1 mm) uniseriate to multiseriate 2 to 10 cells wide, clavate, usually unbranched and with a short stipe. Each cell has one greyish-ruby to cinnamon coloured multilobed plastid with a central pyrenoid. The plastid lacks a peripheral limiting thylakoid and the Golgi is associated with the rough endoplasmic reticulum. Reproduction is only by archeospores when vegetative cells are released individually, in uniseriate and multiseriate filament sectors, or when the whole thallus gelatinises and releases a mass of free cells. Free spores are round (7-12 microns) and glide without substratum contact. The low molecular carbohydrates sorbitol, digeneaside and trehalose are present. Epiphytic on Spermothamnion cymosum.
Created: 16 November 2007 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 May 2008
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 May 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
