Bibliographic Detail
Athanasiadis, A. & Ballantine, D.L., 2011
Reference:
Athanasiadis, A. & Ballantine, D.L. (2011). Lithothamnion carpoklonion sp. nov. (Melobesioideae, Corallinales, Rhodophyta) from Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea: an epiphytic encrusting coralline alga producing conceptacle protuberances. Botanica Marina 54(4): 403-410.
Publication Date:
2011
Notes:
A new species of the globally reported genus Lithothamnion is described. Lithothamnion carpoklonion grows in shallow-sheltered waters off La Parguera, Puerto Rico (Caribbean Sea) attached to mangrove prop roots in association with other encrusting algae. The new species has requisite generic characters in addition to developing dorsal protuberances formed by superimposition of uniporate (carpogonial) or multiporate conceptacles. It is suggested that by this unique mode of conceptacle production, enhanced fertilization and spore dispersal are achieved simultaneously as vegetative (perithallial) growth is reduced.
