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AGLAOTHAMNION WESTBROOKIAE SP. NOV. (RHODOPHYTA), A SPECIES PREVIOUSLY CONFUSED UNDER THE NAME CALLITHAMNION BYSSOIDES 1
Author(s) -
Rueness Jan,
L'HardyHalos MarieTherèse
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1991.00649.x
Subject(s) - biology , taxon , botany , type locality , frond , taxonomy (biology)
We propose the name Aglaothamnion westbrookiae sp. nov. for the alga referred to as Callithamnion byssoides Arnott ex Harvey in Hooker by Edwards and others from the eastern coast of North America. A. westbrookiae differs from the European A. byssoides ( Arnott ex Harvey in Hooker) L'Hardy‐Halos et Rueness (= C. byssoides, type locality Cornwall, England) by having fronds branched pinnately, not spirally as in A. byssoides. The gonimolobes in A. westbrookiae are rounded, not conical and lobed as in A. byssoides. The spermatangia are in dense hemispherical clusters whereas in A. byssoides the equivalent structure is elongated. The two taxa are sexually incompatible. Aglaothamnion westbrookiae also differs in morphological features and is not interfertile with A. pseudobyssoides from France. We suggest that A. westbrookiae and A. feldmanniae Halos from Europe are similar in most features, including the involucral branches subtending carposporophytes. However, cross‐ability tests demonstrated that they are not interfertile, and differences in vegetative structure suggest that they should be treated as two different species.