Archestenogramma profundum C.W.Schneider, Chengsupanimit & G.W.Saunders 2011
Publication Details
Archestenogramma profundum C.W.Schneider, Chengsupanimit & G.W.Saunders 2011: 449, figs 3-10
Published in: Schneider, C.W., Chengsupanimit, T. & Saunders, G.W. (2011). A new genus and species from the North Atlantic. Archestenogramma profundum (Phyllophoraceae, Rhodophyta), with taxonomic resolution of the orphaned Leptofauchea brasiliensis. European Journal of Phycology 46(4): 416-441.
Request PDFPublication date: 2011
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Archestenogramma.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Holotype locality: Cathedral Rock, off the south shore of Bermuda (32º20'31.1"N, 64º39'24.2"W), western Atlantic Ocean; (Schneider et al. 2011: 449) Holotype [DNA0365]: CWS-10-24-5; 23 August 2010; on a shaded horizontal rock at 17 m depth; UNB; (Schneider et al. 2011: 449) Notes: Isotypes: MICH [DNA0367], Herb. CWS.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), deep, from a great depth (Dawes & Mathieson 2008).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Plants to 3 cm tall with ligulate blades to 4 mm wide and 260 µm thick centrally. Differing from Archestenogramma brasiliense by its smaller cortical (to 8 µm diam.) and mostly isodiametric medullary (to 160 µm diam.) cells, rarely transversely elongated to 180 µm diam. Gametophytes dioecious, carposporophytes scattered in distal portions, cystocarps to 750 µm diam., elevating both surfaces of blades; spermatia in scattered patches, irregularly globose, 1-2 µm diam. Sporophytes and tetrasporangia unknown.
Created: 19 January 2012 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 November 2019
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 November 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
