Erythrolobus coxiae J.L.Scott, J.B.Baca, F.D.Ott & J.A.West 2006

Publication Details
Erythrolobus coxiae J.L.Scott, J.B.Baca, F.D.Ott & J.A.West 2006: 109, figs 1-11

Published in: Scott, J.L., Baca, B., Ott, F.D. & West, J.A. (2006). Light and electron microscopic observations on Erythrolobus coxiae gen. et sp. nov. (Porphyridiophyceae, Rhodophyta) from Texas U.S.A. Algae 21(4): 407-416, 12 figs, 1 table.

Request PDF

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Erythrolobus.

Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.

Type Information
Type locality: U.S. Coast Guard Station (26°4’N 97°1’W), South Padre Island, Texas, U.S.A.; (Scott & al. 2006: 409) Holotype: June, 1975; on submerged stones; NSW; 738978 (Scott & al. 2006: 409) Notes: Type culture: UTEX LB 2545. UTEX Culture Collection of Algae, 1 University Station A6700, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712-0183, U.S.A. CCMP 1944, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, P.O. Box 475, 180 McKown Point Road, West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575 USA.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Cells with gliding motility, spherical to ovoid, 5-12 µm in diameter and never seen as doublets or packets. Multiplication is asexual by fission. Thin extracellular matrix. Chloroplast bright red, parietal and composed of four or more lobes radiating outwardly from and around the central pyrenoid. Chloroplast lobes partially encircle the peripheral nucleus, lacking peripheral encircling thylakoid. Pyrenoid becoming elongated or multiple in old cells, surrounded by floridean starch sheath. Pyrenoid matrix containing branched thylakoids. Starch grains scattered throughout older cells. Vacuoles small, located throughout peripheral cytoplasm. Nucleus with central nucleolus.

Created: 02 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 December 2012

Verification of Data
Users are responsible for verifying the accuracy of information before use, as noted on the website Content page.

Loading synonyms...
Loading notes...
Loading common names...
Loading distribution...
Loading references...
Loading bibliographical references...
Loading culture providers...

Linking to this page: https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=51623

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 December 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
Currently in AlgaeBase: