Bossea plumosa Manza 1937

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Corallinophycidae
Order Corallinales
Family Corallinaceae
Subfamily Corallinoideae
Genus Bossea

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Northern California. 08 Mar 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org). © Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org).

Otter Crest, Oregon, USA; lower intertidal.. 15 Jun 2003. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Otter Crest, Oregon, USA; lower intertidal.. 15 Jun 2003. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Otter Crest, Oregon, USA; lower intertidal.. 15 Jun 2003. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Bossiella plumosa (Manza) P.C.Silva Otter Crest, Oregon, USA; lower intertidal.
© Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication details
Bossea plumosa Manza 1937: 46

Published in: Manza, A.V. (1937). Some north Pacific species of articulated corallines. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 23: 561-567.
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Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Bossea.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Bossiella plumosa (Manza) P.C.Silva

Type information
Type locality: Moss Beach, San Mateo Co., California (Silva 1979: 319). Holotype: UC 545710 (Index Nominum Algarum

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), feathery (Stearn 1973).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.

Source of current name
Wujek, D.E. (1986). Ultrastructure of flagellated chrysophytes. IV. Chrysosphaerella . Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science 51(3): 33-36, 15 figs.

Key references
Hind, K.R., Miller, K. A., Young, M., Jensen, C., Gabrielson, P. W. & Martone, P. (2015). Resolving cryptic species of Bossiella (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) using contemporary and historical DNA. American Journal of Botany 102: 1-19.

Silva, P.C. (1957). Notes on Pacific marine algae. Madroño 14: 41-51.

Created: 07 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 19 February 2019 by G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2021.