Roseofilum reptotaenium D.Casamatta, D.Stanic, M.Gantar & L.L.Richardson 2012

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Roseofilum reptotaenium D.Casamatta, D.Stanic, M.Gantar & L.L.Richardson 2012: 494, figs 2, 3

Published in: Casamatta, D., Stanic, D., Gantar, M. & Richardson, L.L. (2012). Characterization of Roseofilum reptotaenium (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) gen. et sp. nov. isolated from Caribbean black band disease. Phycologia 51(5): 489-499.

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Publication date: 2012

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Roseofilum.

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

Type Information
Type locality: St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands; (Casamatta et al. 2012: 496) Type: L. Kaczmarsky; June 2007; isolated from BBD [black band disease] on the scleractinian coral host Siderastrea siderea; (Casamatta et al. 2012: 496, 497, 490)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 September 2012 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 April 2014

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Habitat note
Epiphytic (pathogenic) on corals (Casamatta et al. 20120. BBD reported to infect 64 species of scleractinian corals and six species of gorgonian corals on reefs of the caribbean, the Indo-Pacific and the Red Sea (Casamatta et al. citing Sutherland et al. 2004). - (26 September 2012) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 April 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 April 2025

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