Ottia meiospora (Skuja) Entwisle, J.R.Evans, M.L.Vis & G.W.Saunders 2017

Publication Details
Ottia meiospora (Skuja) Entwisle, J.R.Evans, M.L.Vis & G.W.Saunders 2017: 82, fig. 2

Published in: Entwisle, T.J., Evans, J.R., Vis, M.L. & Saunders, G.W. (2017 '2018'). Ottia meiospora(Ottiaceae, Rhodophyta), a new genus and family endophytic within the thallus of Nothocladus (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 54(1): 79-84.

Publication date: on line Nov 2017

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Ottia.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Balbiania meiospora Skuja

Type Information
Type locality: New Zealand: North Island: Waitangi River near Russell; (Skuja 1944) Lectotype ( designated by Entwisle et al. 2018: 83): V.W. Lindauer; 1.xii.1937 & 11.xi.1939; on Nothocladus lindaueri; MELU; (Entwisle & al. 2018: 83) Notes: [1.xii.1937 & 11.xi.1939 (INA)]. 1.xii.1937; lectotype designated by Entwisle et al. (2018: 83); MELU, dup. NSW, BM, WELT, AKU.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 09 April 2018 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 April 2022

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Habitat note
Epiphytic/endophytic on various species of Nothocladus s. lat. (Entwisle et al., 2018). - (09 April 2018) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 June 2025