Chantransia fluviatilis (Linnaeus) De Candolle 1805

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Nemaliophycidae
Order Batrachospermales
Family Lemaneaceae
Genus Chantransia

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Axial filament protruding from cut end of thallus.Waterfall at Arlington Gardens, Devon, UK.. 13 Mar 2019. © C.F.Carter(chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com.

Uncorticated axial filament within thallus.Waterfall at Arlington Gardens, Devon, UK.. 13 Mar 2019. © C.F.Carter(chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com.

Spermatangial patch. Waterfall at Arlington Gardens, Devon, UK.. 13 Mar 2019. © C.F.Carter(chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com.

Spermatangial patch. Near Caldbeck, Cumbria, UKNear Caldbeck, Cumbria, UK.. 17 Apr 2012. © C.F. Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).

Protuberances with spermatangial patches. Near Caldbeck, Cumbria, UK.. 17 Apr 2012. © C.F. Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).

Spermatangial patch in profile at high magnification. Near Caldbeck, Cumbria, UKNear Caldbeck, Cumbria, UK.. 17 Apr 2012. © C.F. Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).

Base of tubular thallus showing presumed chantransia stage (inset). Near Caldbeck, Cumbria, UK.. 17 Apr 2012. © C.F. Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).

Carposporophytes visible as shadows. Findhorn, Scotland,. 18 Jun 2008. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com) C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).

Red-cyan anaglyph. Near Caldbeck, Cumbria, UK.. 18 Apr 2012. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).

Red-cyan anaglyph. Near Caldbeck, Cumbria, UK. 18 Apr 2012. © C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).

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Lemanea fluviatilis (Linnaeus) C.Agardh Transverse section of a filament at a thickened region showing outer cortex and carposporophyte with carpospores.Collected by Quentin Groom from the River Rede, Northumberland, UK.
© C.F.Carter(chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)

Publication details
Chantransia fluviatilis (Linnaeus) De Candolle 1805: 50

Published in: Lamarck, J.B., de & De Candolle, A.P. (1805). Flore française, ou descriptions succinctes de toutes les plants qui croissent naturellement en France, disposées selon une nouvelle méthode d'analyse, et précédées par un exposé des principes élémentaires de la botanique. Troisième Édition. Tome second. . pp. i-xii, 1-600, 1 folded map. Parisiis [Paris]: Chez H. Agasse, rue de Poitevine, No. 6 de l'Imprimerie de Stoupe, An XIII (1805).
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Publication date: 17 September 1805

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chantransia is Chantransia nigricans De Candolle.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lemanea fluviatilis (Linnaeus) C.Agardh

Basionym
Conferva fluviatilis Linnaeus

Type information
Type locality: Europe (Index Nominum Algarum).

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Polysperma fluviatilis (Linnaeus) Vaucher 1803

Taxonomic notes
Garbary (1987: 209) lists this species as a problematic and excluded species, and the basionym as Conferva fluviatilis Linnaeus.

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.

Key references
Garbary, D.J. (1987). The Acrochaetiaceae (Rhodophyta): an annotated bibliography. Bibliotheca Phycologica 77: 1-267, 2 tables.

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Verified by: 04 January 2011 by M.D. Guiry

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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Huth, K. (1981). Paraspores in the Chantransia phase of Lemanea fluviatilis C. Ag. (Nemalionales, Rhodophyta). Archiv für Protistenkunde 124: 449-454.

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 February 2021.