Rhodosorus marinus Geitler 1930
Publication Details
Rhodosorus marinus Geitler 1930: 635, fig. 15
Published in: Geitler, L. (1930). Ein grünes Filarplasmodium und andere neue Protisten. Archiv für Protistenkunde 69: 614-636.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodosorus.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (in seawater cultures); (Geitler 1930: 635)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), growing in the sea (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 15 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 January 2020
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Taxonomic note
First described from a seawater culture from Las Palmas, Canary Islands (Geitler, 1930). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Habitat note
Found growing endlithically in Lithothamnion (Hapalidiaceae, Hapalidiales) rhodoliths collected in mesophotic rhodolith beds in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico (Krayesky-Self et al. 2020). - (29 January 2020) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 June 2025
