Champia puertoricensis Lozada-Troche & D.L.Ballantine 2010
Publication Details
Champia puertoricensis Lozada-Troche & D.L.Ballantine 2010: 136, 137, figs 7-15
Published in: Lozada -Troche, C. & Ballantine, D.L. (2010). Champia puertoricensis (Rhodophyta: Champiaceae) from Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea. Botanica Marina 53(2): 131-141.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Champia is Champia lumbricalis (Linnaeus) Desvaux.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Holotype locality: Cayo Caracoles, La Parguera, Puerto Rico; (Lozada-Troche & Ballantine 2010: 136) Holotype: Chad Lozada-Troche and I. Lopez (CLT214); 6.ix. 2007; Epiphytic on Thalassia testudinum Konig, 1.5 m depth; U.S. Algal Collection ; 210813 (Lozada-Troche & Ballantine 2010: 136) Notes: Isotypes: MSM and MICH.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Plants 1-4.5 cm in height with 4-7 axes arising from a common holdfast; axes to 500 µm in diameter at the base, increasing in diameter distally to 1-1.3 mm before decreasing in breadth at the apices; each axis with 7-9 terete segments constricted at septal regions; segments between diaphragms measure 1.0-1.3 mm in length; opposite branching is initiated between the septa; the single-layered cortex consists of irregularly shaped cells, 20-25 µm wide by 45-75 µm long; gland cells cut off from longitudinal filaments are spherical to ovoid in shape shape and measure 10-12.5 µm in largest dimension; gametophytes monoecious; urn-shaped cystocarps measure 490–670 µm in diameter and 500–700 µm in height; spermatangial mother cells are arranged in radial series and give rise proximally to ovoid to elliptical spermatangia which measure to 2.5 µm in diameter and to 2.5-5.0 µm in length; tetrasporangia arise as a division product from a cortical cell; tetrasporangia are spherical in shape, tetrahedrally divided and measure 40-60 µm in diameter.
Created: 02 June 2010 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 March 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 March 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024
