Porphyra malvanensis Anil Kumar & P.S.N.Rao 2005
Publication Details
Porphyra malvanensis Anil Kumar & P.S.N.Rao 2005: 223, fig. 1 A
Published in: Anilkumar, C. & Rao, P.S.N. (2005). A new species of Porphyra (Rhodophyta, Bangiales) from the Malvan coast of Maharashtra (India). Feddes Repertorium 116: 222-225.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Porphyra is Porphyra purpurea (Roth) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Malvan, Maharashtra, India; (Anilkumar & Rao 2005: 224) Holotype: 3rd August, 2004; BSI; 177441 (Anilkumar & Rao 2005: 224)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Plants up to 0.5-0.8 cm in length and 0.6-0.9 cm broad, orbicular, broadly expanded;
occurring on mid to upper intertidal rock in
moderately sheltered areas; colour of the frond
reddish brown; margin smooth; monostromatic,
23-27 m thick in vegetative portions and
32-36 m thick in reproductive portions; surface
mucilage is 11-13 m thick; vegetative
cells in surface view polygonal, 7-9 m in the
greatest dimensions, in cross section 14-16 m
in height and 914 m broad; chromatophore
single, with stellate arms extending to the periphery
of the cytoplasm; thallus monoecious;
carposporangia and spermatia sometimes
mixed or in narrow patches, developing on the
margins of the mature thallus; carpospores 8,
arranged in 2 tiers of 4 each having the spore
formula a2/b2/c2, 7-9 m in diameter; spermatia
64, arranged in 4 tiers of 16 each with the
spore formula a4/b4/c4, 4-5 m in diameter.
Habitat
Associated with the Ulva/Enteromorpha belt of the upper intertidal region.
Created: 13 July 2008 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 April 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 July 2025
