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Taonia abbottiana sp.nov. (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the tropical western Atlantic
| Title: | Taonia abbottiana sp.nov. (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the tropical western Atlantic. |
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| Name(s): |
Littler, Diane S. Littler, Mark M. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Date Issued: | 2004 | |
| Publisher: | Laboratoire de cryptogamie | |
| Place of Publication: | Pairs | |
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| Extent: | 10 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | FA00007426 (IID) | |
| Note(s): |
A new species of brown algae, Taonia abbottiana D.S. Littler et M.M. Littler, isdescribed from the tropical western Atlantic. To date, this is the only member of the genusreported from the region. Taonia abbottiana differs from other species of the genus in having(1) sporangia raised above the surface layer on a stalk composed of two cells, and (2) inaddition having a surface cortical layer of differentiated cells that are smaller than those ofthe medullary layers. Taonia abbottiana has often been confused with Stypopodium zonale,but the two differ anatomically in the development of cells directly behind the growingmargin and, when living at similar depths, T. abbottiana consistently has light coloredconcentric lines, while S. zonale has dark concentric lines. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 1568 This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Littler, D. S., & Littler, M. M. (2004). Taonia abbottiana sp. nov. (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the tropical western Atlantic. Cryptogamie Algologie, 25(4), 419-427. |
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| Subject(s): |
Atlantic Ocean Brown algae Dictyotales Phaeophyceae Marine algae--Classification |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007426 | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
