Porphyra lanceolata (Setchell & Hus) G.M.Smith 1943
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Bangiophyceae
Subclass Bangiophycidae
Order Bangiales
Family Bangiaceae
Genus Porphyra
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Porphyra lanceolata (Setchell & Hus) G.M.Smith Northern California
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Publication details
Porphyra lanceolata (Setchell & Hus) G.M.Smith in G.M. Smith & Hollenberg 1943: 213, figs 8-10
Published in: Smith, G.M. & Hollenberg, G.J. (1943). On some Rhodophyceae from the Monterey Peninsula, California. American Journal of Botany 30(3): 211-223. Download PDF
Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Porphyra is Porphyra purpurea (Roth) C.Agardh.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pyropia lanceolata (Setchell & Hus) S.C.Lindstrom
Basionym
Porphyra perforata f. lanceolata Setchell & Hus
Type information
Lectotype locality: Land's End, San Francisco, California (Lindstrom & Cole 1992: 435). Lectotype: H.T.A. Huss; 8 February 1899; UC MO 24356 (Sutherland et al. 2011: 1144). Notes: Lindstrom & Cole (1992: 433, 435) note that Krishnamurthy (1972) lectotypified Porphyra perforata f. lanceolata, the basionym of Porphyra lanceolata, with UC 95720 (collected by Setchell in Carmel Bay, California on 11.i.1899) but that it does not accord with Smith's description and with the major portion of Setchell & Hus's description. They choose instead MO 24356 in UC as lectotype.
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), lance-shaped.
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Habitat notes
On rock in the mid- to upper intertidal zone (Lindstrom & Cole 1992). - (16 Jan 2012) - Wendy Guiry
General environment
This is a marine species.
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Source of current name
Sutherland, J.E., Lindstrom, S.C., Nelson, W.A., Brodie, J., Lynch, M.D., Hwang, M.S., Choi, H.-G., Miyata, M., Kikuchi, N., Oliveira, M.C., Farr, T., Neefus, C., Mols-Mortensen, A. Milstein, D. & Müller, K.M. (2011). A new look at an ancient order: generic revision of the Bangiales (Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 47(5): 1131-1151.
Key references
Lindstrom, S.C. & Cole, K.M. (1992). The Porphyra lanceolata - P. pseudolanceolata (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) complex unmasked: recognition of new species based on isoenzymes, morphology, chromosomes and distributions. Phycologia 31(5): 431-448.
Lindstrom, S.C. & Fredericq, S. (2003). rbcL gene sequences reveal relationships among north-east Pacific species of Porphyra (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) and a new species, P. aestivalis. Phycological Research 51(3): 211-224.
Smith, G.M. (1944). Marine algae of the Monterey Peninsula. pp. i-ix, 1-622, 98 pls. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Created: 14 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 08 June 2020 by M.D. Guiry
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References
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Lindstrom, S.C. & Cole, K.M. (1992). The Porphyra lanceolata - P. pseudolanceolata (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) complex unmasked: recognition of new species based on isoenzymes, morphology, chromosomes and distributions. Phycologia 31(5): 431-448.
Pringle, J.D. & Austin, A.P. (1970). The mitotic index in selected red algae in situ. II. a supralittoral species, Porphyra lanceolata (Setchell & Hus) G. M. Smith. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 5: 113-137.
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
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