Avrainvillea xishaensis C.K.Tseng, Dong & Lu 2004
Publication Details
Avrainvillea xishaensis C.K.Tseng, Dong & Lu 2004
Published in: Tseng, C.K., Dong, M. & Lu, B. (2004). New species and records of the genus Avrainvillea (Udoteaceae, Chlorophyta) from South China Sea. Studia Marina Sinica 46: .
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Avrainvillea is Avrainvillea nigricans Decaisne.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Jinqingdao, Xisha Islands, China; Holotype: Lu Baoren; April 23,1975; AST (not Aston University); 75-0975
Description
Frond dark brown, about 9 cm tall, holdfast cylindrical, 3 cm long, 1.4 cm in diameter, several flabella arising from the holdfast, lateral flabellum adhering to each other below the middle part, usually vertically splitting to the middle part, forming lobes, slightly denticular at the apices, zonate on the surface and lacking stipe. Filaments of flabellum dichotomously branched, and constrictions above the forks, sometimes secondary constriction also present. Cortical filament tapering in surface, with pseudocortex, clavate at the apex, cortical filaments of the lower part of the flabellum irregularly torulose, sometimes cylindrical, 17-30 µm in diameter, but near the surface, thin, 7-20 µm in diameter; cortical filament of the middle part of the flabellum cylindrical, sometimes torulose,13-25 µm in diameter, but near the surface, thin, 7-16 µm in diameter; cortical filament of the upper part of the flabellum cylindrical, 10-20 µm in diameter, but near the surface, thin, usually torulose, 5-13 µm in diameter.
Habitat
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Key Characteristics
The present species is mainly characterized by its flabellum vertically splitting to the middle, part, forming many lobes; its apices slightly denticular, zonate on the surface, and filaments tapering in surface, clavate in apex, with pseudocortex and without stipe. It is closely related to Avrainvillea obscura (C. Agardh) J. Agardh but differing in its apices being slightly denticular, and zonate on the surface, and with pseudocortex. Three other species are newly recorded for the first time from China, Avrainvillea amadelpha (Mont.) A. Gepp et E.S.Gepp, A. hollenbergii Trono and A. obscura (C. Agardh) J. Agardh.
Created: 14 October 2011 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 October 2011
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 October 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
