Schimmelmannia formosana W.-J.Yeh & C.C.Yeh 2008
Publication Details
Schimmelmannia formosana W.-J.Yeh & C.C.Yeh 2008: 338, figs 1-27
Published in: Yeh, W.-J. & Yeh, C.C. (2008). Schimmelmannia formosana (Acrosymphytaceae, Rhodophyta) from Taiwan. Phycologia 47: 337-345.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Schimmelmannia is Schimmelmannia ornata Schousboe ex Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Dashi, I-lan County, northeastern Taiwan; (Yeh & Yeh 2008: 338) Holotype: W.-J. Yeh & C.C. Jeh; 11 February 2005; lower intertidal; SF; 021105-05 (Yeh & Yeh 2008: 338) Notes: Isotypes deposited in DAQ-NPUST.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), from Formosa (Taiwan).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Fronds are deep wine-red, 15-30 cm tall, with a soft but not gelatinous texture. The main axis subdichotomously branched with pinnately branched laterals. The axes are strongly compressed throughout the entire thallus. The thalli are bipinnate to tripinnate from one strongly leading axis. Most of the laterals produce dense elongate, fringing branchlets, producing a crowded, bushy appearance, where female reproductive structures develop. The carpogonial branch and auxiliary cell branch are produced from the same supporting cell. The auxiliary cell branch is strongly curved back to the supporting cell. The auxiliary cell branch consistently contains six cells with a terminal auxiliary cell. When fertilized, the carpogonium divides transversely and fuses with the auxiliary cell. The fused cell projects and becomes the gonimoblast initial producing a gonimoblast with enlarged auxiliary cells, which results in a series of closely appressed carposporangia without an involucre or sterile filaments. Mature carposporophytes are embedded and swollen locally in the lateral branchlets.
Created: 25 August 2008 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 October 2008
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 October 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
