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First report of Chloropelta caespitosa (Ulvaceae, Ulvales, Ulvophyceae) in Japan *
Author(s) -
Lima Masafumi,
Fukusumi Kenji
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
phycological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.438
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1835
pISSN - 1322-0829
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1835.1996.tb00046.x
Subject(s) - frond , biology , sexual reproduction , botany , juvenile , ulvophyceae , reproduction , zoology , ecology , algae , chlorophyta
SUMMARY Chloropelta caespitosa Tanner was found in Nagasaki Prefecture, in western Japan. This is the first record of this species in Japan and the western Pacific. Morphology and early development in culture corresponded with the original description of this species. Reproduction is by asexual quadriflagellate (rarely biflagetlate) zoospores. Sexual reproduction was not observed. Morphology and habitat are very similar to Ulva conglobata Kjellman; however, C. caespitosa (frond diameter 1–2 cm) is smaller than U. conglobata (frond diameter 1–4 cm) and juvenile plants have saccate and tubular fronds.