Pterosiphonia arenosa M.S.Kim & B.Kim 2012
Publication Details
Pterosiphonia arenosa M.S.Kim & B.Kim 2012: 262, fig. 1 A-P
Published in: Kim, M. S., Kim, S. Y., Yang, M.Y., Kim, B.& Díaz-Tapia, P. (2012). Morphology and molecular study of Pterosiphonia arenosa sp. nov. (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) from Jeju Island, Korea. Algae 27(4): 259-268.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pterosiphonia is Pterosiphonia cloiophylla (C.Agardh) Falkenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Symphyocladiella spinifera (Kützing) D.Bustamante, B.Y.Won, S.C.Lindstrom & T.O.Cho.
Type Information
Type locality: Gimnyeong, Jeju Island, Korea; (Kim & al. 2012: 262) Holotype: M.S. Kim & B. Kim; Dec 27, 2011; JNUB; 3PTA1201 (Kim & al. 2012: 262) Notes: JNUB-3PTA1201, tetrasporophyte, collected
on Dec 27, 2011 by M. S. Kim and B. Kim (Fig. 1A), deposited
in JNUB (the Herbarium of the Department of Biology,
Jeju National University, Jeju 690-756, Korea).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), from sandy places.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Thalli epilithic, polysiphonous, ecorticate, attached by
unicellular rhizoids cut off from pericentral cells, terminating
multicellular hapteron; 3-7 cm tall, dark brownish
red in color; prostrate axes cylindrical, with 7-9 pericentral
cells, segments 110-160 µm in diameter; erect axes
terete to slightly compressed, with 7-10 pericentral cells,
segments 160-210 µm broad in lower portion, 200-360
µm broad in middle to upper portion; branches alternately
distichous with subacute apices, borne at intervals
of two segments, slightly incurved in upper portion,
terete determinate branchlets forming acute apical cell;
lateral branches congenitally fused for proximal 1-1.25
segments with the parental axis; trichoblasts entirely
lacking; tetrasporangia tetrahedral, formed one per fertile
segment in straight series of ultimate branches, 65-75 µm
in diameter, surrounded by two presporangial and one
post-sporangial cover cells. Other reproductive structures
not observed.
Created: 01 January 2013 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 May 2019
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 May 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024