Veleroa complanata Afonso-Carrillo & B.Rojas-González 2004
Publication Details
Veleroa complanata Afonso-Carrillo & B.Rojas-González 2004: 83, figs 18-33
Published in: Alfonso-Carrillo, J. & Rojas-Gonzalez, B. (2004). Observations on reproductive morphology and new records of Rhodomelaceae (Rhodophyta) from the Canary Islands, including Veleroa complanata sp. nov. Phycologia 43: 79-90.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Veleroa is Veleroa subulata E.Y.Dawson.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Holotype locality: Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands; (Alfonso-Carrillo & Rojas-Gonzalez 2004: 83) Holotype: J. Afonso-Carrillo; 30 March 2002; Epilithic in a shaded crevice of lower-shore pool; TFC; Phyc 10971 (Alfonso-Carrillo & Rojas-Gonzalez 2004: 83) Notes: Holotype (Fig. 18): tetrasporophyte.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flattened out, usually in one plane (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Plants saxicolous, prostrate or decumbent, with creeping polysiphonous axes attached by clumped rhizoids and erect polysiphonous axes up to 30 mm in height, clothed with determinate pigmented persistent trichoblasts, spirally arranged. Polysiphonous axes terete, with four pericentral cells, progressively corticated, and 60-600 microns in diameter. Trichoblasts exogenous, spirally arranged, up to 20 cells long and 400-600 microns in length, with up to 6-8 laterals in an alternate-distichous complanate arrangement. Trichoblasts simple (rarely 1-4 times subdichotomously branched), restricted to prostrate axes and fertile portions of erect axes. Tetrasporangia one per segment in terminal portions of polysiphonous axes. Tetrasporangia formed in spirals, subspherical, 40-70 microns in diameter, and tetrahedrally divided. Spermatangia and cystocarps unknown.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 February 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
