Biology:Choreocolax polysiphoniae
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Short description: Species of alga
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| Cross section of Choreocolax polysiphoniae on epiphytic red algae Polysiphonia lanosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Ceramiales |
| Family: | Choreocolacaceae |
| Genus: | Choreocolax |
| Species: | C. polysiphoniae
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| Choreocolax polysiphoniae | |
Choreocolax polysiphoniae is a minute marine parasitic alga in the division Rhodophyta.
Description
This small parasitic alga grows on the red alga Polysiphonia lanosa. It grows as an irregular sphere on the fronds of the alga, reaching no more than 1 mm in extent.[3][4][5]
Habitat
Parasitic on Polysiphonia lanosa, the filaments grow into the host.[3]
Distribution
The species has been reported from North Russia and the Pacific.[3] In Ireland it has been confidently recorded from counties Down, Antrim[6] and Waterford[7] and at scattered sites around the British Isles including the Shetland Islands.[8]
Reproduction
Cruciate tetrasporangia are produced all year round in the cortex. The gametangial are dioecious and are produced in spring and summer.[3]
References
- ↑ Contributiones ad algologiam et fungologiam. PF Reinsch, 1875
- ↑ Chorecolax polysiphoniae (Relnsch.). Sturch HH (1926), Ann Bot (Lond), volume 40, pages 585-605
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Irvine, L.M.1983. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 2A Cryptonemiales (sensu stricto) Palmariales, Rhodymeniales. British Museum (Natural History) ISBN:0-565-00871-4
- ↑ The ultrastructure of an alloparasitic red alga Choreocolax polysiphoniae. P Kugrens and JA West, Phycologia, 1973
- ↑ Nutritional studies on the parasitic red alga Choreocolax polysiphoniae. JA Callow, ME Callow and LV Evans, New Phytologist, 1979
- ↑ Morton, O. 1994 Marine Algae of Northern Ireland ISBN:0 900761 28 8 Ulster Museum ISBN:0 900761 28 8
- ↑ Cullinane, P. 1973. Phycology of the South Coast of Ireland. Cork University Press
- ↑ Hardy, F.G. and Guiry,D. 2003. A Check-list and Atlas of the seaweeds of Britain and Ireland.London: British Phycologcal Society.ISBN:0-9527115-1-6
Wikidata ☰ Q19324890 entry
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