Boergesenia parvula D.L.Ballantine, H.Ohba & Lozada-Troche 2011

Publication Details
Boergesenia parvula D.L.Ballantine, H.Ohba & Lozada-Troche 2011: 330, figs 1-6

Published in: Ballantine D.L., Ohba, H., Lozada-Troche, C. & Ruiz, H. (2011). Boergesenia parvula sp. nov. (Siphonocladales) from the Tropical Westertn Atlantic. Cryptogamie Algologie 32(4): 327-336.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Boergesenia is Boergesenia forbesii (Harvey) Feldmann.

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

Type Information
Type locality: "Magueyes Island, La Parguera, Puerto Rico (17°58.225 N, 67°02.777 W)"; (Ballantine & al. 2011) Holotype: David L. Ballantine & Hector Ruiz (D.L.B.8170); 15.vi.2010 ; on stones beneath Rhizophora mangle Linnaeus < 0.5 m deep; US; Alg. Coll. 217084 (Ballantine & al. 2011) Notes: Paratypes: Ohba s.n. Magueyes Island, La Parguera on rubble beneath Rhizophora mangle and on marine rail, < 0.5 m, coll. H. Ohba, 27.vii.2008; D.L.B.7546, ibid., on marine rail, coll. Hector Ruiz, 5.viii.2008. Deposited in MSM, MICH and US.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), very small (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Plantae vesiculares, vesiculis fasiculatis, 2-3 usque ad multae per fasiculam; vesiculae valde irregulariter formatae, paene cylindricae usque ad expansas supra; vesiculae singulae usque ad 14 mm longae, 0.3-0.3 mm diametro basibus annulatis et usque ad 2.6 mm latae subapicaliter; fasiculi vesicularum rhizoideis communibus conligati, 60-70 µm diametro; reproductio ignota.

Created: 24 June 2012 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 March 2023

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