Pneophyllum cetinaense Kaleb, Zuljevic & Peña 2016
Current name:
Pneophyllum cetinaense Kaleb, Zuljevic & Peña
at type locality (Otok ljubavi (Island of Love), Cetina River, Croatia, 0 – 30 cm deep). The alga almost completely covers the available hard substratum (mostly cobbles, pebbles, plant roots and gastropods) - 23 January 2016. Ante Zuljevic, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia.
Publication Details
Pneophyllum cetinaense Kaleb, Zuljevic & Peña 2016: 2, fig. 2 a-e, 3 a-f, 4 (as 'cetinaensis')
Published in: Zuljevic, A., Kaleb, S., Peña, V., Despalatovic, I., Cvitkovic, I., De Clerck, O., Le Gall, L., Falace, A., Vita, F., Braga, J.C. & Antolic, B. (2016). First freshwater coralline alga and the role of local features in a major biome transition. Scientific Reports 6(19642): 1-12, 7 figs.
Publication date: 21 January 2016
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pneophyllum is Pneophyllum fragile Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "Otok Ljubavi (Island of Love), Cetina River, Croatia (43° 26.180' N - 16° 45.785' E)"; (Zuljevic & al. 2016: 2) Holotype: 27.08.2013; PC; 0145164 (Zuljevic & al. 2016: 2) Notes: "Isotypes: PC0145165, PC0145166 and PC0145167, deposited at the National History Museum in Paris (PC).
NHMS000566, NHMS000567, NHMS000568, deposited at the Natural History Museum in Split (NHMS).
600:ZAG;1:BOA, deposited at the Croatian Natural History Museum in Zagreb."
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Key Characteristics
With the characteristics of Pneophyllum, it differs from other species in forming extensive and
conspicuous crusts thickened and mostly multi-layered with flattened or curved branches, and in having the pore
canal of conceptacles simple, not surrounded by specialised cells. It also differs from any known coralline red
algae in its ecology, being confined to a freshwater stream as opposed to the marine environment.
Created: 23 January 2016 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 April 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
