Dissimularia withallii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Chondrymeniaceae
Genus: Dissimularia
Species: Dissimularia withallii

Name

Dissimularia withallii G.T.Kraft & G.W.Saunders, 2014

• Type locality: 00º22'34"S, 160º00'50"W; Jarvis Island, Line Islands, Central Pacific Ocean (Site #07).
• Holotype (nonreproductive specimen): R.D.Withall; 3 May 2012; -13.5-15 m on a vertical reef face . UNB JAR-1201 (COI-5P barcode KF026473 (fig. 73 in Kraft & Saunders 2014). Isotypes: Eight specimen fragments on the holotype sheet (fig. 74).

• Named for Rodney D. Withall, phycologist.

References

• Kraft, G.T. & Saunders, G.W. 2014. Crebradomus and Dissimularia, new genera in the family Chondrymeniaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) from the central, southern and western Pacific Ocean. Phycologia 53(2): 146–166. Reference page. : 161, figs 73–78
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Dissimularia withallii. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 22 December 2017.