Trentepohlia chapmanii Rindi & López-Bautista 2007

Publication Details
Trentepohlia chapmanii Rindi & López-Bautista 2007: 699, figs 6-15

Published in: Rindi, F. & López-Bautista, J.M. (2007). New and interesting records of Trentepohlia (Trentepohliales, Chlorophyta) from French Guiana, including the description of two new species. Phycologia 46: 698-708.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Trentepohlia is Trentepohlia aurea (Linnaeus) C.Martius.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Holotype locality: Fort Diamant, area of Rémire-Montjoly, French Guiana; (Rindi & López-Bautista 2007: 699) Holotype: F. Rindi; 25 June 2006; bamboo reeds facing sea, 10-15 m from shoreline; US; (Rindi & López-Bautista 2007: 699) Notes: Isotypes: GALW and PC.

Description
Crustose alga, producing a thin orange layer. Thallus heterotrichous. Prostrate part spreading, pseudoparenchymatous, 10 -50 microns thick, consisting of several layers of cells. Erect filaments arising from the prostrate parts, 50-200 microns tall. Cells of the prostrate part elliptic or globular, 7-10 microns wide; cells of the erect filaments cylindrical, 3.5- 6 microns wide. Zoosporangia globular, 10-15 microns wide, produced at the apex of shorter erect filaments. Gametangia globular, 10-12 microns wide, lateral or apical on erect filaments.

Created: 03 August 2007 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 April 2019

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 April 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 December 2024

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