Pyropia pulchella (Ackland, J.A.West, J.L.Scott & Zuccarello) T.J.Farr & J.E.Sutherland 2011
Current name:
Pyropia pulchella (Ackland, J.A.West, J.L.Scott & Zuccarello) T.J.Farr & J.E.Sutherland
Fig. 1. Small 2 mm orbiculate blade formed at 14°C. Scale bar = 0.2 mm.
Fig. 2. Lanceolate 20 mm blade with spermatangia and phyllosporangia in linear streaks at the apical end. Scale bar = 5 mm.
Fig. 3. Basal attachment with multiple rhizoids. Scale baJohn West (jwest@unimelb.edu.au)
Publication Details
Pyropia pulchella (Ackland, J.A.West, J.L.Scott & Zuccarello) T.J.Farr & J.E.Sutherland 2011: 1144
Published in: 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.
Request PDFPublication date: 2011
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pyropia is Pyropia californica J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Porphyra pulchella Ackland, J.A.West, J.L.Scott & Zuccarello
Type Information
Type locality: Nelsons Lagoon (36°41'S, 149°59'E), Mimosa Rock National Park, New South Wales, Australia; (Ackland & al. 2006: 196) Holotype: 16 xii 1998; on pneumatophores of the mangrove Avicennia marina; NSW; 722255 (blades); conchocelis (722445) (Ackland & al. 2006) Notes: Holotype culture: CCAP 1379/3. Culture Collection of
Algae and Protozoa, SAMS Research Services Ltd.,
Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Dunbeg, Argyll, PA37
1QA, UK. Blade and conchocelis phases of isolate 3923
are included.
Paratype: NSW 722446, Royal Botanic Gardens, Mrs.
Macquaries Road, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia.
Collection data: 6 iv 2004, in a band of Caloglossa vieillardii
(Kützing) Setchell on wood pilings at Westgate
Bridge, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria (37°49'S, 144°53'E).
Collected by J.A.West (Sutherland et al. 2011)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), beautiful and little (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 January 2012 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 April 2023
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