Gracilaria apiculata subsp. candelabriformis Gurgel, Fredericq & J.N.Norris 2004
Publication Details
Gracilaria apiculata subsp. candelabriformis Gurgel, Fredericq & J.N.Norris 2004: 377, figs 5, 6
Published in: Gurgel, C.F.D., Fredericq, S. & Norris, J.N. (2004). Gracilaria flabelliformis and G. apiculata (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta): restoring old names for common tropical western Atlantic species, including the recognition of three new subspecies, and a replacement name for "G. lacinulata". Cryptogamie Algologie 25: 367-396.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Playa Barranquita, Estado Falcon, Venezuela; (Gurgel et al. 2004: 377) Holotype: C.F.D. Gurgel, J.E. Conde and C.S. Carmona; 14 July 1999; US Alg. Coll.; 208952 (Gurgel et al. 2004: 377) Notes: Holotype: #FG-34 (cystocarpic); GenBank rblL sequence=AY049341. Isotypes: #LAF-7-14-99-02-01 (5 cystocarpic specimens).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), ending abruptly in a sharp point or apiculum (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Algae short and broad, up to 5.5 cm long, up to 4 mm wide, branched up to 6 (-8) orders, dull red to yellowish; cartilagineous, crassulaceous; adhering well to paper when dried. A small, discoid, holdfast bears a cylindrical stalk, up to 1 cm long, becoming compressed to flattened upwards and subtending sub-dichotomous to alternate branches. Branching in one plane, not constricted at base, curved, sometimes palmate, concentrated at apex where thallus is flattened subdichotomously to polychotomous closer to tips. Cystocarps present above the 2nd and 4th order of branching. Tetrasporophytes and spermatangial thalli not observed.
Created: 25 April 2007 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 November 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 November 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
