Chondracanthus kjeldsenii Hughey & Hommersand 2008
Publication Details
Chondracanthus kjeldsenii Hughey & Hommersand 2008: 148, figs 51-55
Published in: Hughey, J.R. & Hommersand, M.H. (2008). Morphological and molecular systematic study of Chondracanthus (Gigartinaceae, Rhodophyta) from Pacific North America. Phycologia 47: 124-155.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chondracanthus is Chondracanthus chauvinii (Bory) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Scorpion Anchor, Santa Cruz I., California; (Hughey & Hommersand 2008: 148) Holotype: Ann Belovich; 12 August 1969; UC; 1819314 (Hughey & Hommersand 2008: 148) Notes: Isotype: NCU wet collection as UC 1819314.
Eponomy
Named for Chris K. Kjeldsen "a dedicated teacher of biology and skilled identifier of marine algae."
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Thalli 6-20 cm high, cartilaginous, light
brown, reddish purple or black, forming densely branched
clumps from a disc shaped holdfast; erect shoots dichotomously
branched below in juveniles, compressed with
conspicuous, 2-4 mm wide axes in mature thalli, pinnately
to irregularly branched, densely covered with overlapping
proliferous branches and echinate ramuli. Cortex of 7-8
layers of cells, medullary cells variable, 1.5-15 µm wide.
Spermatangial plants bushy, spermatangia borne on
densely branched ramuli. Cystocarps 500-800 µm in diameter,
borne on spiny, flattened axes or pedicellate on
lateral branchlets; carpospores subspherical, 12-18 µm in
diameter. Tetrasporangia not observed.
Habitat
Saxicolous, protected habitats, found in swift-flowing
currents near the entrance of bays, mid- to low intertidal.
Created: 25 April 2008 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 March 2015
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Paul Gabrielson in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 March 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 May 2025
