Heterosiphonia plumosa (J.Ellis) Batters 1902
Current name:
Heterosiphonia plumosa (J.Ellis) Batters
Trá an Dóilín, An Cheathrú Rua, Co. na Gaillimhe - 05 May 2008. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Heterosiphonia plumosa (J.Ellis) Batters 1902: 83, 99
Published in: Batters, E.A.L. (1902). A catalogue of the British marine algae being a list of all the species of seaweeds known to occur on the shores of the British Islands, with the localities where they are found. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 40(Supplement): 1-107.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Heterosiphonia is Heterosiphonia berkeleyi Montagne.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Conferva plumosa J.Ellis
Type Information
Lectotype: Ellis (1768: pl. 18, fig. c), probably based on material from Sussex (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 280)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), feathery (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Bushy, deep crimson fronds, to 200 mm long, from basal disc. Axis prominent, cylindrical, diminishing in diam. from base to apex. Branching repeatedly distichously pinnate, branches spreading , alternate. Ultimate ramuli bifid or multifid, monosiphonous, sharply pointed. Main axis of one central siphon, 9 pericentral siphons and outer layer of corticating cells in which rings of elongated cells alternate regularly with rings of short cells.
Habitat
On rocks and epiphytic, low intertidal pools and subtidal, southern and western shores, common in the south, rare in the north.
Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 February 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 February 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 December 2024