Cresia opalescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhodymeniales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Rhodymeniophycidae Ordo: Rhodymeniales

Familia: Rhodymeniaceae
Genus: Cresia
Species: Cresia opalescens

Name

Cresia opalescens C.Lozada-Troche, D.L.Ballantine & H.Ruíz, 2010

• Type locality: Turrumote Reef, La Parguera (17°56.097N, 67°01.130W), Puerto Rico.
• Holotype: Hector Ruíz (David L. Ballantine 6334); 5.x.2004; 11 m. US Alg. Coll. # US-209107.
• Paratypes: Edge of insular shelf, offshore La Parguera: D.L.B. 6343, 14 m, (Coll. H.R.) 15.x.2004. Media Luna Reef, La Parguera: D.L.B. 5754, 14 m, (Coll. H.R.) 4.xi.2002; D.L.B. 6296, ibid., 12m, 27.viii.2004; D.L.B. 6649, ibid., 11 m, 22.viii.2005. Turrumote Reef, La Parguera: D.L.B. 5740, 17 m, (Coll. H.R.) 21.x.2002; D.L.B. 6263, ibid., 9 m, 6.vii.2004; D.L.B. 6813, ibid., 3 m, 11.ix.2005; D.L.B. 6903, ibid., 12 m, 21.xii.2005. Guanica: Edge of insular shelf (17°55.401N, 66°53.852W): D.L.B. 5707, 20 m, (Coll. H.R.) 8.viii.2002.

References

• Lozada-Troche, C., Ballantine, D.L. & Ruiz, H. 2010. Cresia opalescens gen. et sp. nov. (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea. Cryptogamie, Algologie 31(3): 293–303. Reference page. : 296, figs 1–8
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018. Cresia opalescens. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 20 June 2018.