Ochtodes searlesii Mendoza-González, Mateo-Cid & Sentíes 2011
Publication Details
Ochtodes searlesii Mendoza-González, Mateo-Cid & Sentíes 2011: 252, figs 1-15
Published in: Mendoza-González, A.C., Sentíes, A., Mateo-Cid, L.E., Díaz-Larrea, J., Pedroche, F.F. & Villanueva, R.A. (2011). Ochtodes searlesii sp. nov. (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta), from the Pacific tropical coast of Mexico, based on morphological and molecular evidence. Phycological Research 59: 250-258.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ochtodes is Ochtodes filiformis (J.Agardh) J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: La Majahuita, Michoacán, Mexico (18°36'22'' N, 103°30'05'' W); (Mendoza-González & al. 2011: 252) Holotype: A.C. Mendoza González & Luz Elena Mateo-Cid; 09; on intertidal rocks; ENCB; 19115 (Mendoza-González & al. 2011: 252)
Eponomy
Named for Richard B. Searles, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Thallus saxatiles cartilagineis purpureo-rubris erectae
0.5-3.0 cm ramus plurimus et cum disco confluento,
basis affixo per rhizoideis; axes teretes a subterete
ramosi dichotomuse, apicibus deminutis rectus, de. 2-3
cellulae axiales medulla et filamentis rhizoideis corticalis
series anticlinais in partibus senioribus cellularum
de 2-4. Cistocarpia et tetrasporangia in unilateralis
nemathecia. Cystocarpium elevates en nemathecia. Tetrasporangia
zonatus en nemathecia et divisus oblique,
spermatangias formatus en nemathecia.
Habitat
Intertidal rocks.
Created: 04 November 2011 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 July 2016
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