Colpomenia claytoniae S.M.Boo, K.M.Lee, G.Y.Cho & W.Nelson 2011
Publication Details
Colpomenia claytoniae S.M.Boo, K.M.Lee, G.Y.Cho & W.Nelson 2011: 160, figs 1A-F (as 'claytonii')
Published in: Boo, S.M., Lee, K.M., Cho, G.Y. & Nelson, W. (2011). Colpomenia claytonii sp. nov. (Scytosiphonaceae, Phaeophyceae) based on morphology and mitochondrial cox3 sequences. Botanica Marina 54(2): 159-167.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Colpomenia is Colpomenia sinuosa (Mertens ex Roth) Derbès & Solier.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Sangjokam, Goseong, Korea; (Boo & al. 2011: 160)12 January 2005 ; epilithic on rocks in the lower intertidal zone; CNUK; SMB000001 (Boo & al. 2011: 160) Notes: Isotypes SMB000002–7.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Thalli globular or vesicle-like, becoming irregularly convoluted
and expanded with age, reaching a diameter of about
30 cm, usually epilithic; cortex composed of a surface layer
of small pigmented cuboidal cells; medulla includes 5–6 layers
of gradually larger, irregularly shaped cells; paraphyses
unicellular; phaeophycean hairs arising from outer medullary
cells; plurilocular sporangia arranged irregularly in extensive
patches on thallus surface, uni- and biseriate, having 6–8
locules; unilocular sporangia unknown.
Created: 09 April 2011 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 December 2013
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 December 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
