Turbinaria foliosa M.J.Wynne 2002
Publication Details
Turbinaria foliosa M.J.Wynne 2002: 283-293, figs 1-19
Published in: Wynne, M.J. (2002). Turbinaria foliosa sp. nov. (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) from the Sultanate of Oman, with a census of currently recognized species in the genus Turbinaria. Phycological Research 50(4): 283-293.
Request PDFPublication date: December 2002
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Turbinaria is Turbinaria turbinata (Linnaeus) Kuntze.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Holotype locality: Western side of Wadi Zeid (Hoon’s Bay) 16.944967oN, 54.80402oE, east of Mirbat, Dhofar, Sultanate of Oman; (Wynne 2002: 285) Holotype: G. Richards and M. Wynne; 9th September 2001; attached to boulders at 3-5m depth and in drift; MICH; 09092001-04-02 (Wynne 2002: 285) Notes: Isotypes deposited in BM, GENT, ON, PC and US.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Plants dark brown, usually 6-15 cm tall, at times to 25 cm tall, axes subsimple and percurrent, sometimes with lateral branches in the lower half of the principal axis; principal axes 3-4 mm in diameter, attached by a holdfast with loosely arranged branches, 1 mm in diameter and irregularly branches; leaves borne singly or in clusters (on short branches), loosely spaced along the length of the main axis; individual leaves firm, 23-26 mm long and 20-25 mm wide when fully expanded, winged close to the base, flattened, with dentate margins, with the abaxial surface of the leaf often retroflexed; receptacles absent.
Created: 12 November 2003 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 May 2008
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 May 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
