Balliella richardsii M.J.Wynne & C.W.Schneider 2006

Publication Details
Balliella richardsii M.J.Wynne & C.W.Schneider 2006: 47, figs 1-5

Published in: Wynne, M.J. & Schneider, C.W. (2006). Balliella richardsii sp. nov. (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from Sultanate of Oman, Arabian Sea. Cryptogamie Algologie 27: 45-52, 5 figs.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Balliella is Balliella crouanioides (Itono) Itono & Tak.Tanaka.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Raaha (=Alto) Bay (16.95116°N, 54.81650°E) east of Mirbat, Dhofar, Sultante of Oman; (Wynne & Schneider 2006: 47) Holotype: Glenn Richards 12092001-07-20; 12 September 2001; On coral rubble, sublittoral, 6-8 m; MICH; (Wynne & Schneider 2006: 47) Notes: Isotypes: BM, ON, and private herbarium of C.W. Schneider. Holotype is shown in Fig. 1.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Thallus erect, to 18 mm high; apex of indeterminate axes straight, or slightly sinusoidal; pairs of determinate branches distichously arranged; determinate and indeterminate branches produced in close proximity to adjacent branches, especially in the younger portions; determinate branches arching distally, irregularly re-branched, resulting in a 3-dimensional tuft wrapped around the bearing axis; indeterminate branches usually arising from every second segment of parent axis. Gland cells produced in great abundance, individual gland cells formed adaxially, at first from the more proximal cells of the whorl branchlets and later from essentially any cell of the whorl branchlets; gland cells spherical, up to 6 microns in diameter, borne adaxially. Cortication mostly absent, occasionally with a slight development of cortical filaments from the basal cell of whorl branchlets. Tetrasporangia ovoid, 20-24 x 16-20 microns, 1-several borne adaxially on cell of whorl branchlets, sessile. Sexual thalli not seen.

Created: 10 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 May 2012

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 May 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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