Augophyllum kentingii Showe M.Lin, Fredericq & Hommersand 2004
Publication Details
Augophyllum kentingii Showe M.Lin, Fredericq & Hommersand 2004: 967-969, fig. 3
Published in: Lin, S.-M., Fredericq, S. & Hommersand, M.H. (2004). Augophyllum, a new genus of the Delesseriaceae (Rhodophyta) based on rbcL sequence analysis and cystocarp development. Journal of Phycology 40: 962-976, 7 figs, 1 table.
Request PDFPublication date: October 2004
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Augophyllum is Augophyllum wysorii Showe M.Lin, Fredericq & Hommersand.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Wonglitung, Kenting National Park, Taiwan (21°55' N, 120°49'E); (Lin, Fredericq & Hommersand 2004: 967) Holotype: S.M. Lin and M. L. Qiu; 1 November 1993; Attached on reef rocks at 5-6 m depth; Department of Natural Science Education, National Taitung University (NTTU); SML WLD-11-01-1993-1 (Lin, Fredericq & Hommersand 2004: 967) Notes: Wanlitung, attached on reef rocks, 5-6m deep, female, coll. S.M. Lin and M.L. Qiu, 01.xi.1993.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Thalli composed of prostrate and overlapping decumbent, 1-4 lobed to rounded blades, 1-2 cm long by 1-2.5 cm wide, arising from a single or branched stipe, 5-8 mm high, new blades arising from old prostrate blades and becoming coalescent by marginal filamentous rhizoids or discoid haptera beneath the blades; blades membranous and polystromatic throughout except at the margins, bright red in colour with brilliant golden, pink, or blue iridescent circular mottled spots on surface; plastids discoid, aggregated beneath cell surfaces; males unknown; procarps and cystocarps restricted to margins of fertile blades or scattered over upper parts of fertile blades; procarp structure and development as for the genus, unfertilized procarps degenerating soon after fertilization; cystocarps forming on both sides of blades, with beaked ostioles; gonimoblasts much branched and bearing terminal carposporangia; tetrasporangia aggregated in irregular sori, 0.5-0.8 mm by 0.7-1.5 mm in diameter, mostly restricted to blade margins, or borne singly scattered over upper parts of fertile blades
Habitat
Plants were attached on reef rocks at 1-6 m depth
Created: 15 November 2004 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 12 March 2014
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 March 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
