Pelvetiopsis N.L.Gardner, 1910

Holotype species: Pelvetiopsis limitata (Setchell) N.L.Gardner

Original publication and holotype designation: Gardner, N.L. (1910). Variations in nuclear extrusion among the Fucaceae. University of California Publications in Botany 4(6): 121-136, pls 16, 17.

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Description: Thalli perennial, consisting of a conical holdfast with 1-many erect, dichotomous branches. Branches cylindrical at base, flattened or cylindrical above with inconspicuous cryptostomata and lacking a midrib. Tips of ultimate dichotomies swollen, forming distinct receptacles bearing numerous monoecious conceptacles. Contents of oogonia becoming 8-nucleate after meiosis, the oogonial protoplast dividing into 2 very unequal parts, the very large distal portion containing one nucleus and released as a functional egg, the small 7-nucleate portion disintegrating after release. Antheridia producing 128 antherozoids resembling the sperm of Fucus but lacking an eyespot.

Information contributed by: M.D.Guiry. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2017-01-24 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Neiva, J., Serrão, E.A., Anderson, L., Raimondi, P.T., Martins, N., Gouveia, L., Paulino, C., Coelho, N.C., Miller, K.A., Ladah, L.B. & Pearson, G.A. (2017). Cryptic diversity, geographical endemism and allopolyploidy in NE Pacific seaweeds. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17(30): 1-12, 4 figs, 2 tables.

Comments: Marine, growing on surf-exposed rock in the upper littoral above the Fucus zone, Vancouver I. to central California.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 January 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024