Chondracanthus intermedius (Suringar) Hommersand 1993

Publication Details
Chondracanthus intermedius (Suringar) Hommersand 1993: 115

Published in: Hommersand, M.H., Guiry, M.D., Fredericq, S. & Leister, G.L. (1993). New perspectives in the taxonomy of the Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 14: 105-120, 41 figs.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chondracanthus is Chondracanthus chauvinii (Bory) Kützing.

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

Basionym
Gigartina intermedia Suringar

Type Information
Type locality: "Iaponia: Textor" [Japan: collected by C.J. Textor]; (Suringar 1867: 259) Type: C.J. Textor; 8 December 1865; L?; (Yoshida 1998: 684)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), intermediate (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Thalli 2-3 cm high, cartilaginous, purplish red to black with a bluish iridescence, forming low, pulvinate, densely overlapping masses widely spread over rocks, firmly attached to the substrate by tips of branches that act as holdfasts, irregularly branched; axes 1-2 mm in width; branches 0.5-1.5 mm in diameter, 8-12 mm long, often dilated to 2 mm or more forming sublanceolate segments ending in sharp points, strongly recurved. Cystocarps about 1 mm in diameter, mostly marginal on the branches of all orders.

Habitat
Saxicolous in the low intertidal.

Created: 10 February 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 October 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 October 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024

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