Chantransia richardsii (Skuja) Vis, Entwisle, J.A.West & Ott 2006
Publication Details
Chantransia richardsii (Skuja) Vis, Entwisle, J.A.West & Ott 2006: 129, 130
Published in: Vis, M.L., Entwisle, T.J., West, J.A. & Ott, F.D. (2006). Ptilothamnion richardsii (Rhodophyta) is a chantransia stage of Batrachospermum. European Journal of Phycology 41(1): 125-130.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chantransia is Chantransia nigricans De Candolle.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Basionym
Ptilothamnion richardsii Skuja
Type Information
Type locality: River Essequibo, Guyana; (Vis & al. 2006: 125)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 September 2006 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 April 2022
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Unspecified note
Chantransia richardsii (Skuja) M. Vis, T. Entwisle, J. West & F. Ott [form]. - (13 September 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Taxonomic note
Two specimens of Ptilothamnion richardsii from Australia were examined by Vis et al. (2006), partial rbcL gene sequence data were obtained and the specimens were determined to be Batrachospermum antipodites, differing from that taxon by only 15bp (1.2%). Two specimens from French Guiana were shown to be within the Batrachospermum section Contorta clade. They consider it useful to continue to recognize entities with particular morphological characters and propose the form taxa Chantransia richardsii, C. macrospora and C. pygmaea. - (13 September 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 May 2025
