Sporochnus dotyi Brostoff 1984
Publication Details
Sporochnus dotyi Brostoff 1984: 180, figs 1-3
Published in: Brostoff, W.N. (1984). Sporochnus dotyi sp. nov. (Sporochnales, Phaeophyta), a brown alga from Hawaii. Pacific Science 38: 177-181.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sporochnus is Sporochnus pedunculatus (Hudson) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Hawaii: French Frigate Shoals or Oahu; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: Douglas Davis or William Cooke 1207; 1978 or 1981; (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: Holotype is Brostoff 1207, but not specified in protologue if this is Davis collection (Aug. 1978, French Frigate Shoals) or Cooke coll. (Jan. 1981. Kaneohe Bay, Oahu) (INA).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Thallus more or less alternately branched,
to 300 mm tall, 0.3 mm in diameter.
Receptacles oval to cylindrical, 1-2 mm long,
supported on pedicels 6-8 mm long , 0.2 mm
wide, and bear terminal tufts of hairs 5 mm
long , the base of which is conspicuous and
greater in diameter than the pedicel.
Non-branched fertile filaments 50-150 µm
long constitute the bulk of the area of the
receptacle, the terminal cells of which are enlarged,
12-30 µm long and 10-15 µm wide,
unilocular sporangia are 6-25 µm long
and 5-8 µm wide. The hapteron is conical
and composed of sparingly branched filaments.
Created: 28 May 2004 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 April 2023
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
