Neorhodomela irtugoi Perestenko 1984
Publication Details
Neorhodomela irtugoi Perestenko 1984: 45, fig. 1
Published in: Perestenko, L.P. (1984). Species novae algarum in maribus orientis extremi URSS inventae. Novosti Sistematiki Nizshikh Rastenii (Novitates Systematicae Plantarum non Vascularium) 21: 41-50.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Neorhodomela is Neorhodomela munita (Perestenko) Masuda.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
"Thallus of algae up to 20 cm high, red-brown, branched, is attached to the substrate with a wide sole. Spiral branching is uniform. Branches of the first – second orders of unlimited growth, branches of the third order are shortened, up to 3 cm long, and the fourth/fifth orders are determinate in growth, spiny. Thorns from two to 10 mm long, cover branches of all orders, the longest - at the tops of the plant shoots. Found in the sublittoral near the middle Kuril Islands, indicated by the author of the species in the Sea of Japan." (Lopatina & Zhigadlova 2020: 397, loosely from the Russian).
Created: 18 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 December 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 December 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
