Gracilariopsis chiangii Showe M.Lin 2008
Publication Details
Gracilariopsis chiangii Showe M.Lin 2008: 21, figs 1-3
Published in: Lin, S.-M. (2008). Morphological and phylogenetic studies of Gracilariopsis chiangii, new species (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta), an alga presently known as Gracilaria chorda in Taiwan. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 19: 19-26.
Request PDFPublication date: 15 December 2008
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gracilariopsis is Gracilariopsis sjoestedtii (Kylin) E.Y.Dawson.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Wu-Shih-Bi Harbor, Tou-Cheng Township, Yi-Lan County, northeastern Taiwan, Republic of China (27°51'N 121°51'E).; (Lin 2008: 21) Holotype: S.-M. Lin; 19 May 2007; NTOU; GP-5-19-2007-WSB-1 (Lin 2008: 21) Notes: Isotypes: GP-5-19-2007-WSB-2~4.
Eponomy
Named in honor of Professor Y.-M. Chiang "...for his significant contribution to the taxonomy of the Gracilariaceae and marine floristic surveys of Taiwan."
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Thalli erect, terete, purple to dark red, consisting
of 1–8 main axes from a discoid holdfast, 15–22 cm long
and 0.8–1.5 mm in diameter; axes increasing to 3–6 mm in
diameter and becoming hollow with age, each axis composed
of 1-2 (-3) orders of slightly curved branches which bears
few to many (20–60) lateral branchlets 0.5–6.0 cm long, or
5 to 7 branchlets clustered in the mid-region of a branch;
male plants not seen; cystocarps 1.1–1.3 mm in diameter at
base by 0.87–1.10 mm high, dome-shaped, not constricted
at the base; tubular nutritive gonimoblast cells absent;
carposporangia, 30–40 µm long by 22–28 µm wide, borne
in branched chains; tetrasporangia, 45–50 µm long × 25–30
µm in diameter, superficial, cruciately divided.
Created: 14 June 2010 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 November 2023
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 January 2025
