Liagora donaldiana I.A.Abbott & Huisman 2003

Publication Details
Liagora donaldiana I.A.Abbott & Huisman 2003: 595, figs 1-9

Published in: Abbott, I.A. & Huisman, J.M. (2003). The Liagoraceae (Nemaliales, Rhodophyta) of the Hawaiian Islands II: the species of Liagora with quadripartite carposporangia, including descriptions of L. donaldiana sp. nov. and L. julieae sp. nov. Phycologia 42(6): 594-605, 33 figs, 1 table.

Request PDF

Publication date: "Published 26 November 2003"

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Liagora is Liagora viscida (Forsskål) C.Agardh.

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

Type Information
Holotype locality: Mokule’ia, O’ahu, Hawaiian Islands; (Abbott & Huisman 2003: 596) Holotype: J.M. Huisman & D. Spafford; 8 August 2002; Epilithic on reef flat at 1 m depth; IA; 30000 (Abbott & Huisman 2003: 596) Notes: Paratypes.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Plant up to 11 cm in height, heavily calcified, dichotomously branched, sometimes with proliferous lateral branches. Axes 1-1.2 mm in diameter, generally with prominent annulations. Medulla with elongate cells 30-40 microns in diameter, mixed with rhizoidal filaments. Assimilatory filaments up to 300 microns long, di- to trichotomously divided, with trichotomies occurring mostly in outer cortex; lower cells elongate, 7-20 microns in diameter, outer cells clavate or obovoid, 5-10 microns in diameter, equal in diameter to or larger than subtending cells. Plants monoecious or dioecious. Spermatangia 2-4, borne on mother cells on outer cortical cells, or on elongate mother cells on subcortical cells. Carpogonial branches three- or four-celled, curved. Fertilized carpogonium dividing transversely, with only the distal cell producing the gonimoblast. Carposporophyte hemispherical, moderately diffuse, up to 300 microns in diameter, with fertile filaments intermingling with sterile filaments, with terminal quadripartite carposporangia. Fusion cell absent.

Created: 09 January 2004 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 August 2011

Verification of Data
Users are responsible for verifying the accuracy of information before use, as noted on the website Content page.

Linking to this page: https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=61987

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 August 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024

Currently in AlgaeBase: