Sheathia plantuloides M.L.Vis 2020

Publication Details
Sheathia plantuloides M.L.Vis 2020: 220, fig. 2 K

Published in: Vis, M.L., Tiwari, S., Evans, J.R., Stancheva, R., Sheath, R.G., Kennedy, B., Lee, J., & Eloranta, P. (2020). Revealing hidden diversity in the Sheathia arcuata morphospecies (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) including four new species. Algae 35(3): 213-224, 2 fig., 1 table.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sheathia is Sheathia boryana (Sirodot) Salomaki & M.L.Vis.

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

Type Information
Type locality: "Poland, River Bóbr, 51.256233 N, 15.520893 E" ; (Vis & al. 2020: 220) Holotype: J. Lee, P. Eloranta & W. Kowalski,; May 16 2011; BHO; A-1658 (Vis & al. 2020: 220) Notes: Isotype ZTS.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 29 September 2020 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 21 April 2022

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Taxonomic note
"Only the chantransia sporophyte stage has been collected to date." (Vis & al. 2020). "This species is only known from the %u201CChantransia%u201D stage and gametophytes have yet to be identified for distinguishing morphological characters; currently, it can only be identified using sequence data." (Vis & Necchi 2021: 288). - (16 November 2020) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 June 2025