Phycodrys valentinae Selivanova & Zhigadlova 2003
Publication Details
Phycodrys valentinae Selivanova & Zhigadlova 2003: 243, fig. 2
Published in: Selivanova, O.N. & Zhigadlova, G.G. (2003). Phycodrys valentinae sp. nov. (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) with discussion of other species of the Phycodrys genus from the North Pacific. Russian Journal of Marine Biology 29: 206-215. [in Russian]
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Phycodrys is Phycodrys sinuosa (Goodenough & Woodward) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Glubokaya Bay, Bering Sea [Russia]; (Selivanova & Zhigadlova 2003: 210) Holotype: O.N. Selivanova No N. 1872; 5-7 m; FEB RAS; (Selivanova & Zhigadlova 2003: 210)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Plants up to 25 cm long, with marginal prolifications. Laminae membranaceous, pink-reddish to brownish, up to 8 cm wide and 30-70 µm thick in cross section, nearly always distromatic, very rarely monostromatic. Lobes liguliform or cuneiform. Midribs and veins dark and prominent in older parts of the lamina and light and flattened in younger parts. Old parts of the lamina eroded up to the midribs. Glandular cells absent. Tetrasporangia up to 90 µm in diam. (70 µm without cell wall), located on prolifications at the basal part of the lamina. Cystocarps not found.
Created: 08 January 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 April 2024
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 April 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
