Purpureofilum apyrenoidigerum J.A.West, Zuccarello & J.L.Scott 2005
Current name:
Purpureofilum apyrenoidigerum J.A.West, Zuccarello & J.L.Scott
Mooball Creek, New South Wales, Australia; 3-week-old sporeling - 25 September 2002. John West (jwest@unimelb.edu.au)
Publication Details
Purpureofilum apyrenoidigerum J.A.West, Zuccarello & J.L.Scott 2005: 52, figs 1-17
Published in: West, J.A., Zuccarello, G.C., Scott, J., Pickett-Heaps, J. & Kim, G.H. (2005). Observations on Purpureofilum apyrenoidigerum gen. et sp. nov. from Australia and Bangiopsis subsimplex from India (Stylonemates, Bangiophyceae, Rhodophyta). Phycological Research 53: 49-66.
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This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Purpureofilum.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Mooball Creek, New South Wales, Australia; (West & al. 2005: 50) Holotype: J.A. West and others; 25 September 2002; Epiphytic on various algae occurring on the base of Lumnitzera racemosa Willdenow, a mangrove species; NSW; 610972 (West & al. 2005: 53) Notes: Type Culture: UTEX 2794. UTEX Culture Collection of Algae, 1 University Station A6700, University of
Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-0183, USA. CCAP 1383/1. Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa, SAMS Research Services Ltd, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Dunbeg, Argyll, PA37 1QA, UK.Sequence data: GenBank Accession number: rbcLAY617156; SSU- AY617151.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Thallus less than 1 mm tall. Unicellular base forming uniseriate filaments (10-14 µm diameter), and forming multiseriate filaments (20-25 µm diameter) by oblique cell divisions. Cells enclosed by a clear matrix, uninucleate with single parietal multilobed, liver-to purple-coloured chloroplast lacking a pyrenoid and possesing a peripheral thylakoid. Golgi complex associated with rough endoplasmic reticulum. Reproduction occurs when vegetative cells are liberated as motile monospores (10-13 µm diameter). Low molecular weight carbohydrates are digeneaside and sorbitol.
Created: 12 September 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 January 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 January 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 January 2025
