Clymene coleana

Clymene coleana
Scientific classification
(unranked):Archaeplastida
Division:Rhodophyta
Class:Bangiophyceae
Order:Bangiales
Family:Bangiaceae
Genus:Clymene
Species: C. coleana
Binomial name
Clymene coleana
WA Nelson, 2001, emended WA Nelson, 2011

Clymene coleana, formerly known as Porphyra cinnamomea, is a red alga species in the genus Clymene, known from New Zealand. It is monostromatic, monoecious, and grows in the intertidal zone, predominantly on rock substrata. With P. cinnamomea, P. rakiura and P. virididentata, they can be distinguished by morphology (such as the microscopic arrangement of cells along their thallus margin, their thallus shape, size and colour), as well as geographical, ecological and seasonal distribution patterns, and importantly, chromosome numbers, which in this species n = 4. Finally, these four species are distinguished by a particular nucleotide sequence at the 18S rDNA locus.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Nelson, W (2001). "Four new species of Porphyra (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) from the New Zealand region described using traditional characters and 18S rDNA sequence data". Cryptogamie Algologie. 22 (3): 263–284. doi:10.1016/S0181-1568(01)01060-1. ISSN 0181-1568.

Further reading

  • Nelson, W. A., J. E. Broom, and T. J. Farr. "Pyrophyllon and Chlidophyllon (Erythropeltidales, Rhodophyta): two new genera for obligate epiphytic species previously placed in Porphyra, and a discussion of the orders Erythropeltidales and Bangiales." Phycologia 42.3 (2003): 308-315.
  • Nelson, Wendy A. "Pyropia plicata sp. nov.(Bangiales, Rhodophyta): naming a common intertidal alga from New Zealand." PhytoKeys 21 (2013): 17.
  • Deng, Yinyin, et al. "Cytological observations and rbcL, nrSSU gene sequence analyses of filamentous Bangiales (Rhodophyta) from China." Journal of Applied Phycology 27.3 (2014): 1355-1363.


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