Chondracanthus corymbiferus (Kützing) Guiry 1993
Publication Details
Chondracanthus corymbiferus (Kützing) Guiry 1993: 115
Published in: Hommersand, M.H., Guiry, M.D., Fredericq, S. & Leister, G.L. (1993). New perspectives in the taxonomy of the Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 14: 105-120, 41 figs.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chondracanthus is Chondracanthus chauvinii (Bory) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Mastocarpus corymbiferus Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: In sinu Californica [Monterey, Monterey Co., California, USA; Hughey & Hommersand 2008: 143]; (Kützing 1847: 24) Holotype: Dr T. Coulter; 1831-1833; L; 941.27.135 (Hughey & Hommersand 2008: 143)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), bearing corymbs.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Thalli 20-40 cm tall, crisp, yellowish-pink
or pink to bluish-red, consisting of one to many blades from
a stout discoid holdfast; blades 20-30 cm
broad, simple, broadly obovate with a rounded apex or
sometimes irregularly split or truncate, generally entire; stipe
short, cylindrical, usually simple, lacking bladelets, merging
gradually into a prominent coriaceous, cuneate, concavoconvex
apophysis 7-19 cm long; fertile blade rounded at the
apex, with the fertile portion papillate, 0.4-2.2 mm thick;
cortex 6-8 cell layers thick; medullary cells variable in size
and shape, 1.5-25 µm in diameter. Cystocarps 0.8-1.2 mm
in diameter, usually 2-3 in corymbose papillae on margins
and surfaces of the blade; carpospores subspherical,
13-17 µm in diameter. Spermatangial sori superficial,
forming indefinite, irregularly anastomosing patches on the
thallus surface or borne on thin, crisped triangular-shaped
papillae with attenuated tips. Tetrasporangial sori
200-325 µm in diameter, in soral patches circling the base of
slightly elevated, irregular to oblong mound shaped papillae; tetrasporangia 31-42 µm in diameter, in chains 6-8 cells long.
Habitat
Exposed and sheltered habitats in the low intertidal.
Created: 10 February 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 September 2015
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 September 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
