Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand 1997
Current name:
Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand
Cape Peron, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand 1997: 118, figs 1 a, 2 b, 3 b, 4, 5
Published in: Santelices, B. & Hommersand, M. (1997). Pterocladiella, a new genus in the Gelidiaceae (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 36: 114-119.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Pterocladiella.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Fucus capillaceus S.G.Gmelin
Type Information
Type locality: Locus, Mare mediterraneum [Mediterranean Sea]; (Gmelin 1768: 146) Lectotype: original illustration (Gmelin , 1768, pl. 15 fig.1). (epitype) (Womersley & Guiry 1994: 139)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), capillarg, hair-like, thread-like (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Cartilaginous, dark purplish-red, flattened fronds, 2 mm wide, to 200 mm high. Pinnate or bipinnate, often bare at base, branches opposite or alternate, often tapering at both ends; frequently give a 'Christmas-tree' appearance. Fronds in loose tuft from a rhizoidal base.
Habitat
In large pools and lagoons in the lower intertidal and shallow subtidal, widely distributed on south and south-western shores, never common.
Key Characteristics
Larger, darker and more purplish-red than Gelidium pusillum or G. pulchellum; normally, Pterocladia is not found fringing the edges of pools like the latter. Main axes are generally more flattened and apices more obtuse than G. pulchellum.
Similar Species
Gelidium sesquipedale is known only a restricted number of localities in SW Britain (mainly Cornwall) although it is much commoner in N France; this species is larger and relatively less flattened.
Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 May 2020
Verification of Data
Users are responsible for verifying the accuracy of information before use, as noted on the website Content page.
Linking to this page: https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=106
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 May 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024
