Biology:Stylonema alsidii

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Short description: Species of alga

Stylonema alsidii
Stylonema alsidii
Stylonema alsidii
Scientific classification edit
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Stylonematophyceae
Order: Stylonematales
Family: Stylonemataceae
Genus: Stylonema
Species:
S. alsidii
Binomial name
Stylonema alsidii
(Zanardini) K.M.Drew (1956)[1]
Synonyms
  • Bangia alsidii Zanardini 1840
  • Bangia elegans Chauvin 1842
  • Callonema elegans (Chauvin) Reinsch 1875
  • Goniotrichum elegans var. alsidii (Zanardini) Zanardini 1873
  • Goniotrichum alsidii (Zanardini) M.Howe 1914
  • Stylonema elegans

Stylonema alsidii is a species of marine red algae. The type locality is Trieste in Italy, but it has a worldwide distribution.

The species was first described by Giovanni Zanardini in 1840 as Bangia alsidii.[2][3]

Distribution

It is one of the algae of the Houtman Abrolhos, found off the coast of Western Australia.[4] It is one of the red seaweeds of South Africa, including the seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay.

Ecology

It is susceptible to infection by the parasitic oomycete Pythium porphyrae.[5]

References

  1. Conferva ceramicola Lyngbye. Drew, K.M. (1956), Botanisk Tidsskrift, volume 53, page 72
  2. "Stylonema alsidii (Zanardini) K.M.Drew 1956 :: Algaebase". https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=340. 
  3. Zanardini, G. (1840). "[Lettera Alla direzione della Biblioteca Italiana"]. Biblioteca Italiana 96: 131–137 [136]. https://img.algaebase.org/pdf/AC1F2927027ed1DFDBXiCA0A48B5/17840.pdf. 
  4. John Marinus Huisman (2000). Marine plants of Australia. UWA Publishing. pp. 26–. ISBN 978-1-876268-33-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=xPqjXtxk0z8C&pg=PA26. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
  5. Spencer, M. A. (2004). "Pythium porphyrae. (Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria)" (in English). IMI Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria (Wallingford, UK: CAB International) 162 (Sheet 1617). http://www.cabi.org/dfb/abstract/20056401617. Retrieved 10 October 2017. "A description is provided for Pythium porphyrae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASES: Red-rot disease, red-wasting disease. HOSTS: Bangia atropurpurea, Callophyllis adhaerens, Polyopes affinis (syn". 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q21318540 entry