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The red algal genus Reticulocaulis from the Arabian Sea, including R. obpyriformis sp. nov., with comments on the family Naccariaceae
Schils, T.; De Clerck, O.; Coppejans, E. (2003). The red algal genus Reticulocaulis from the Arabian Sea, including R. obpyriformis sp. nov., with comments on the family Naccariaceae. Phycologia 42(1): 44-55. https://dx.doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-42-1-44.1
In: Phycologia. International Phycological Society: Odense. ISSN 0031-8884; e-ISSN 2330-2968, more
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Schils, T.; De Clerck, O.; Coppejans, E. (2003). The red algal genus Reticulocaulis from the Arabian Sea, including R. obpyriformis sp. nov., with comments on the family Naccariaceae, in: Schils, T. Mariene plantengemeenschappen in opwellingsgebieden van de Arabische Zee: een taxonomische, ecologische en biogeografische case study naar de mariene flora van de Socotra Archipel (Jemen) en het eiland Masirah (Oman) = Marine plant communities of upwelling areas within the Arabian Sea: a taxonomic, ecological and biogeographic case study on the marine flora of the Socotra archipelago (Yemen) and Masirah Island (Oman). pp. 47-66, more
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Keywords
    Classification > Taxonomy
    Algae
    ISW, Arabian Sea [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal
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Abstract
    Reticulocaulis obpyriformis Schils, sp. nov. is described from the south coast of Socotra Island (Yemen), and a second species, R. mucosissimus, is recorded from a similar upwelling area in the Arabian Sea (Masirah Island, Oman). These are the first published records of Naccariaceae for the Indian Ocean and end the monospecific, Hawaiian-endemic status of Reticulocaulis. Features distinguishing R. obpyriformis from R. mucosissimus include its more sparsely branched thallus, obpyriform rather than cylindrical inner cortical cells, the presence of short moniliform laterals of small spherical cells on the cortical filaments, monoecious rather than dioecious gametophytes, and the direct development of spermatangia from catenate mother cells. The morphology and anatomy of the gametophytes of this heteromorphic genus are discussed in relation to those of other naccariacean genera.
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