Chondracanthus saundersii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gigartinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Eurhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Rhodymeniophycidae Ordo: Gigartinales

Familia: Gigartinaceae
Genus: Chondracanthus
Species: Chondracanthus saundersii

Name

Chondracanthus saundersii C.W.Schneider & C.E.Lane, 2005

• Type locality: Landlocked pond locality: Walsingham Pond, Hamilton Parish, Bermuda Islands, western Atlantic; On rock in shaded underhang, subtidal.
• Holotype: CWS/CEL 03-16-6, male: 2003-03-31. MICH (no acc. number). Isotypes: MSM, NY, US.

• Eponymy: Named for Gary W. Saunders, Canadian phycologist and molecular phylogeneticist.

References

• Schneider, C.W. & Lane, C.E. 2005. Notes on the marine algae of the Bermudas. 7. Additions to the flora, including Chondracanthus saundersii sp. nov. (Rhodophyta, Gigartinaceae) based on rbcL sequence analysis. Phycologia 44(1): 72–83. DOI: 10.2216/0031-8884(2005)44[72:NOTMAO]2.0.CO;2 . Reference page. : 70, figs 12–18
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018. Chondracanthus saundersii. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 17 January 2018.