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Pseudococcomyxa simplex Fott 1981

Creators

  • 1. Allan Herbarium, Landcare Research, PO Box 40, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand; email: novisp @ landcareresearch. co. nz Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand

Description

Pseudococcomyxa simplex (Mainx) Fott

Reference: Novis et al. 2008: 353–354, Fig 3A–I.

Observations:— Previously, only data for rbc L were available for this species from Mt Philistine. The 18S data presented here show that Pseudococcomyxa simplex from Mt Philistine is a close relative of P. simplex UTEX 274 (Fig. 8). Both of these strains belong to a clade that includes species of Coccomyxa as well as Paradoxia spp. This clade is distinct from a second clade comprising other species of Coccomyxa; clearly this genus is polyphyletic and requires revision. Interestingly, the oblique division plane characteristic of Pseudococcomyxa (Broady 1987, Novis et al. 2008) is also evident in Paradoxia multiseta Svirenko 1928 during vegetative division (Hegewald & Reymond 1987). Some species currently regarded as Coccomyxa, such as C. confluens (Kützing) Fott 1974, appear to share this feature (Ettl & Gärtner 1995), although how it is distributed phylogenetically is presently unclear. It may be a morphological feature that can be used to separate the two clades.

Notes

Published as part of Novis, Phil M. & Visnovsky, Gabriel, 2012, Novel alpine algae from New Zealand: Chlorophyta, pp. 1-30 in Phytotaxa 39 on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.39.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4894684

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Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0391A571210EC66A78ADFD704ED2FC81

Cites
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.4894690 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.4894702 (DOI)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/phytotaxa.39.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/4894684 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFA8DD092116C672783AFC0F4F7FFFE2 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/0391A571210EC66A78ADFD704ED2FC81 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/182651455 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/6144/taxon/0391A571210EC66A78ADFD704ED2FC81.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Chlorellaceae
Genus
Pseudococcomyxa
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Chlorellales
Phylum
Chlorophyta
Scientific name authorship
Fott
Species
simplex
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pseudococcomyxa simplex Fott, 1981 sec. Novis & Visnovsky, 2012

References

  • Novis, P. M., Beer, T. & Vallance, J. (2008) New records of microalgae from the New Zealand alpine zone, and their distribution and dispersal. New Zealand Journal of Botany 46: 347 - 366.
  • Broady, P. A. (1987) The morphology, distribution, and ecology of Pseudococcomyxa simplex (Mainx) Fott (Chlorophyta, Chlorellaceae), a widespread terrestrial Antarctic alga. Polar Biology 7: 25 - 30.
  • Svirenko, D. (1928) Recherces sur la flore algologique de la riviere Ingouletz. Archives Russes de Protistologie 7: 25 - 74.
  • Hegewald, E. & Reymond, O. L. (1987) The life cyle and taxonomy of Paradoxia multiseta Svir. (Chlorophyceae, Chlorococcales), and related taxa. Cryptogamie Algologie 8: 191 - 199.
  • Fott, B. (1974) Taxonomie der palmelloiden Chlorococcales (Familie Palmellogloeaceae). Preslia 43: 289 - 303.
  • Ettl, H. & Gartner, G. (1995) Syllabus der Boden-, Luft-, und Flechtenalgen. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart Jena & New York. 721 pp.