Liagora nesophila Popolizio, C.W.Schneider & C.E.Lane 2015
Publication Details
Liagora nesophila Popolizio, C.W.Schneider & C.E.Lane 2015: 651, fig. 3, F-L
Published in: Popolizio, T.R., Schneider, C.W. & Lane, C.E. (2015). A molecular evaluation of the Liagoraceae sensu lato (Nemaliales, Rhodophyta) in Bermuda including Liagora nesophila sp. nov. and Yamadaella grassyi sp. nov. Journal of Phycology 51(4): 637-658.
Publication date: 2015
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Liagora is Liagora viscida (Forsskål) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Holotype locality: junction of Horseshoe and Higgs Is. at Town Cut, St. George's Harbour, Bermuda, western Atlantic Ocean, 32°22.570'N, 64°39.847'W); (Popolizio & al. 2015: 651) Holotype: February 12, 2008; 1 m; KIRI; CWS/CEL 8-5-9 (Popolizio & al. 2015: 651, fig. 3F) Notes: GenBank KR005369. Isotypes: GALW, MICH, MSM, NY, US, the Bermuda Natural History Museum [BAMZ] and CWS's herbarium.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Thalli to 14 cm, whitish to brownish rose, usually with dark red tips, lightly to moderately calcified. Branching dichotomous to many orders, with obtusely angled dichotomies at the branch apices, and some with adventitious branches present on main axes that at times appear pinnate. Axes 0.2-1.5 mm diam. Medullary filaments 17-19 µm diam. Cortical fascicles 170-320 ?m in overall length, composed of dichotomously branched filaments. Lower cells of the cortical filaments cylindrical to ellipsoidal, 7-12 ?m diam. and 33-48 µm long; upper cells obovoid to nearly spherical, 9-12 µm diam. and 9-32 µm long; terminal cortical cells nearly spherical, 4-5 µm diam. Gametophytes monoecious or dioecious. Carpogonial branches 4-celled, curved, at times sharply, very small and inconspicuous, to 9 ?m diam. and borne distally on mid- to proximal regions of the cortical fascicles. Carpogonial branch cells unfused early in development, in some instances with widening of pit connections; fusion cells present in mature carposporophytes. Gomimoblasts compact, 96-190 µm wide and 48-110 µm high. Carposporangia terminal on gonimoblast filaments, obovoid, 5-9 µm diam. and 8-19 ?m long. Sterile involucral filaments unbranched, 45-100 µm long, the cells ovoid to cylindrical, 6 µm diam. at base, tapering distally to 2.5 ?m, and subtending the gonimoblast in an unusual, extensive arrangement. Spermatangia formed on outer cortical cells, 1.5-3.0 µm diam. Easily identified by comparison to the type rbcL sequence (GenBank: KR005369).
Created: 25 September 2015 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 September 2015
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 September 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024
