Kappaphycus malesianus J.Tan, P.E.Lim & S.M.Phang 2013
Publication Details
Kappaphycus malesianus J.Tan, P.E.Lim & S.M.Phang 2013: 1274, figs 1 a-d, 2
Published in: Tan, J., Lim, P.E., Phang, S.M., Rahiman, A., Nikmatullah, A., Sunarpi, H. & Hurtado, A.Q. (2014). Kappaphycus malesianus sp. nov.: a new species of Kappaphycus (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) from Southeast Asia. Journal of Applied Phycology 26: 1273.
Publication date: 18 April 2014 (print)
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Kappaphycus is Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) L.M.Liao.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Kappa-carrageenophyte. Plants are mostly multi-axial, up to 40 cm, and holdfast discoid. Thalli are thin cylindrical; diameter of non-fertile plants is 0.8 cm or less, and up to 1.4 cm in cystocarpic plants. Non-cystocarpic thalli are
cartilaginous, smooth and flexible. Branching is open and irregular. Branch apices are flexuous, slender and tapering
towards light. Internally comprised of cortical and medullary cells. Pit connections and tyloses are present. Cystocarps
throughout thalli, hemispherical to umbonate. Fusion cell and gominoblast are at the core. Carposporangia clavate or
subclavate and in interconnected rows. Carpospores are brown, globose to isodiametric, 2030 µm. Tetrasporangia apparently unknown.
Created: 01 October 2013 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 July 2022
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 July 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
