Wilmottia murrayi (West & G.S.West) Strunecký, Elster & Komárek 2011
Publication Details
Wilmottia murrayi (West & G.S.West) Strunecký, Elster & Komárek 2011: 62, 63, figs 3, 4
Published in: Strunecký, O., Elster, J. & Komárek, J. (2011). Taxonomic revision of the freshwater cyanobacterium "Phormidium" murrayi = Wilmottia murrayi. Fottea 11(1): 57-71.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Wilmottia.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Lyngbya murrayi West & G.S.West
Type Information
Type locality: Antarctica: Cape Royds: Green Lake; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a freshwatermarinebrackish species.
Description
Solitary trichomes, in cluster or fine
mats, bluegreen or dark bluegreen (on agar).
Filaments solitary or several to many ± parallely
arranged, fasciculated, associated in common,
colorless, very fine and diffluent slimy envelope;
fascicles up to more than 50 µm wide. Single
trichomes have facultatively delicate, but firm,
colorless, unlamellated sheaths, open at the end.
Trichomes straight or slightly curved, not or only
slightly constricted at cross walls, (3.1)3.6-5.4
µm wide. Cells quadratic or longer, rarely also
shorter than wide, (2.6)3.4-7.2(11) µm long, pale
bluegreen, with homogeneous, finely granular
content, usually with scattered large granules
which are sometimes constricted near cross
walls; crosswalls sometimes indistinct. Terminal
cells rounded at the ends. Thylakoids ± parietal,
fasciculated.
Habitat
Benthic substrates in littoral of lakes,
shores of glacial streams or water seepages, less
frequently on wet soils usually among mosses,
other algae and cyanobacteria.
Created: 17 October 2011 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 January 2022
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 January 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2025
