Iyengaria stellata (Børgesen) Børgesen 1939
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Subclass Fucophycidae
Order Ectocarpales
Family Scytosiphonaceae
Genus Iyengaria
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Doha, Kuwait Bay. 08 Apr 2016. Frithjof C. Kuepper. © Frithjof C. Kuepper (fkuepper@abdn.ac.uk).
Doha, Kuwait Bay. 08 Apr 2016. Frithjof C. Kuepper. © Frithjof C. Kuepper (fkuepper@abdn.ac.uk).
In situ littoral specimen, Dhofar, Oman, Sept., 2001. 21 Mar 2012. M.J. Wynne. © M.J. Wynne.
In situ littoral specimen, Dhofar, Oman, Sept., 2001. 21 Mar 2012. M.J. Wynne. © M.J. Wynne.
Iyengaria stellata (Børgesen) Børgesen Doha, Kuwait Bay
© Frithjof C. Kuepper (fkuepper@abdn.ac.uk)
Publication details
Iyengaria stellata (Børgesen) Børgesen 1939: 91, figs 23-25
Published in: Børgesen, F. (1939). Marine algae from the Iranian Gulf especially from the innermost part near Bushire and the Island Kharg. In: Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran, Part 1. (Jessen, K. & Spärck, R. Eds), pp. 47-141. Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard.
Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Iyengaria.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Rosenvingea stellata Børgesen
Type information
Type locality: Dwarka, Gujarat, India (Silva & al. 1996: 631).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), stellate, with narrow divisions radiating from the center like the rays of a star (Stearn 1973).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Rosenvingea stellata Børgesen 1928
Colpomenia stellata (Børgesen) Børgesen 1930
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Colpomenia capensis Levring 1938
Iyengaria nizamuddinii A.Abbas & M.Shameel 2010
Iyengaria lobocylindrica Aisha & M.Shameel 2011
Taxonomic notes
According to Silva et al. (1996) the name Colpomenia sinuosa forma tuberculata has been applied to this species by P. Anand (1940: 4, 5, 6, 7, pl. II: fig. 4.
Usage notes
Nematicidal activity (Abid et al. 2005). - (22 May 2007) - Wendy Guiry
General environment
This is a marine species.
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Key references
Aisha, K. & Shameel, M. (2011). Taxonomy of the genus Iyengaria (Phaeophycota) ffrom the coastal waters of Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Marine Sciences 20(!/2): 7-15, 4 figs.
Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, pls 1-266 (colour photographs). Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag.
Santiañez, W.J.E., Al-Bader, D., West, J.A., Bolton, J.J. & Kogme, K. (2020). Status, morphology, and phylogenetic relationships of Iyengaria (Scytosiphonaceae, Phaeophyceae), a brown algal genus with a disjunct distribution in the Indian Ocean. Phycological Research 68: 323-331.
West, J.A., Zuccarello, G.C., Ganesan, E.K. & Loiseaux de Goër, S. (2015). Investigations into Iyengaria, a poorly known genus of the Scytosiphonaceae (Phaeophyceae) and description of a new species Iyengaria quadriseriata. Phykos 45(2): 43-50, 3 figs.
Created: 07 February 1998 by M.D. Guiry
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