Rhodenigma contortum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhodogorgonales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Corallinophycidae Ordo: Rhodogorgonales

Familia: Rhodogorgonaceae
Genus: Rhodenigma
Species: Rhodenigma contortum

Name

Rhodenigma contortum J.A.West, Verbruggen & Loiseaux, 2016

• Type locality: Strain JAW4846, collected in Coral Bay, Western Australia. Holotype: MEL 2389688. Isotypes: MICH 701679, UC 2050600. Notes: The culture from which the holotype derives (JAW4846) has been accessioned (CCMP3453) by the Provasoli- Guillard National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA), Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, P.O. Box 380, 60 Bigelow Drive, East Boothbay, ME 04544, USA.

References

• West, J.A., Zuccarello, G.C., Loiseaux de Goër, S., Stavrias, L.A. & Verbruggen. H. 2016. Rhodenigma contortum, an obscure new genus and species of Rhodogorgonales (Rhodophyta) from Western Australia. Journal of Phycology 52(3): 397-403, 3 figs. DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12402: 399, figs 2, 3
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Rhodenigma contortum. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 22 August 2017.