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Phycodrys denticulatus J. M. Freese & C. E. Lane, comb. nov.

  • 1. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, RI, 02881, USA & jillian _ freese @ uri. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8038 - 4723
  • 2. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, RI, 02881, USA & clane @ uri. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2558 - 2767

Description

Phycodrys denticulatus (Tokida) J.M.Freese & C.E.Lane comb. nov. (Figs 5–7)

DESCRIPTION: Thallus parasitic on Phycodrys fimbriata (Kuntze) Kylin. The parasitic thallus is yellow in color, 2 mm in diameter, with several cylindrical irregular branches, branches no longer than 3 mm, emerging from a small hemispherical cushion. The protologue description can be found in Tokida (1934).

BASIONYM: Polycoryne denticulata Tokida (1934), Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society vol. 13, p. 199, Fig.1.

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYM: Asterocolax denticulatus (Tokida) Feldmann & Feldmann

TYPE LOCALITY: Robben Island, Sakhalin, Russia (coll. Tokida, 1934)

SEQUENCED SPECIMEN: Collected in the Stefansson Sound Boulder Patch in July 2016 at 70˚19.25’ N, 147˚35.1’ W, Barrow, Alaska, USA, deposited NY03684214, NY03384216 (coll. A. Muth, 2016, JF02).

ETYMOLOGY: The specific epithet maintains the original nomenclature assigned to the description of the parasite by Tokida (1934).

REFERENCES: Tokida 1934; Feldmann & Feldmann 1951

DNA SEQUENCES: MH754750

REMARKS: Identification of the sequenced specimen as ‘ Asterocolax’ denticulatus was based on the morphological description of the parasite from Tokida (1934) and its occurrence on Phycodrys fimbriata.

Notes

Published as part of Freese, Jillian M. & Lane, Christopher E., 2021, Reorganizing parasitic Delesseriaceae: taxonomic revision of Asterocolax, pp. 124-136 in Phytotaxa 525 (2) on pages 130-132, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.525.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5701834

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
A , LOCALITY , N , NY
Family
Delesseriaceae
Genus
Phycodrys
Kingdom
Plantae
Material sample ID
JF02 , NY03684214, NY03384216
Order
Ceramiales
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Scientific name authorship
J. M. Freese & C. E. Lane
Species
denticulatus
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype

References

  • Tokida, J. (1934) Phycological Observations I. Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society 13: 196 - 202.
  • Feldmann, J. & Feldmann, G. (1951) Un nouveau genre de Rhodophycee parasite d'une Delesseriacee. Compte Rendu Hebdomadaire des Seances de l'Academie des Science. Paris 223: 1137 - 1139.