Synarthrophyton papillatum sp. nov.: a new species of non-geniculate coralline algae (Rhodophyta, Corallinales, Hapalidiaceae) from South Africa and Namibia

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dc.contributor.authorManeveldt, Gavin
dc.contributor.authorKeats, Derek
dc.contributor.authorChamberlain, Yvonne
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-17T20:05:23Z
dc.date.available2013-10-17T20:05:23Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractPolychaete worm tubes within the mid to lower intertidal zone along the South African west coast were frequently observed to be overgrown by a minutely papillate species of encrusting coralline algae. Analysis of the vegetative and reproductive morphology and anatomy of this alga shows that it is new to science and belongs to the subfamily Melobesioideae and, in particular, to the genus Synarthrophyton, which is for the most part restricted to the Southern Hemisphere. Synarthrophyton papillatum is the tenth species from this genus and the sixth recorded from southern Africa. The new species is described in detail and compared with recently documented species found to conform to the generic description of Synarthrophyton. Synarthrophyton papillatum differs from S. patena and S. eckloniae in being epilithic, not epiphytic; from S. munimentum and S. robbenense in lacking raised rims on the tetrasporangial conceptacles; and from S. magellanicum in bearing minutely warty to fruticose protuberances and generally lacking the leafy to layered, weakly attached thalli present in the latter species. A key to the southern African species of Synarthrophyton is provided.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationManeveldt, G.W., Keats, D. & Chamberlain, Y. (2008). Synarthrophyton papillatum sp. nov.: a new species of non-geniculate coralline algae (Rhodophyta, Corallinales, Hapalidiaceae) from South Africa and Namibia. South African Journal of Botany, 73(4): 570-582en_US
dc.identifier.issn0254-6299
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/768
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rightsCopyright Elsevier
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2007.05.003
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectCorallinalesen_US
dc.subjectHapalidiaceaeen_US
dc.subjectNon-geniculate coralline algaeen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectSynarthrophytonen_US
dc.subjectS. papillatumen_US
dc.subjectTaxonomyen_US
dc.titleSynarthrophyton papillatum sp. nov.: a new species of non-geniculate coralline algae (Rhodophyta, Corallinales, Hapalidiaceae) from South Africa and Namibiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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