Stylonema alsidii
Stylonema alsidii
Stylonema alsidii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Stylonematophyceae
Order: Stylonematales
Family: Stylonemataceae
Genus: Stylonema
Species:
S. alsidii
Binomial name
Stylonema alsidii
Synonyms

Stylonema alsidii is a species of marine red algae. The type locality is Trieste in Italy, but it has a worldwide distribution.

The species was first described by Giovanni Zanardini in 1840 as Bangia alsidii.[2][3]

Distribution

It is one of the algae of the Houtman Abrolhos, found off the coast of Western Australia.[4] It is one of the red seaweeds of South Africa, including the seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay.

Ecology

It is susceptible to infection by the parasitic oomycete Pythium porphyrae.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Conferva ceramicola Lyngbye. Drew, K.M. (1956), Botanisk Tidsskrift, volume 53, page 72
  2. ↑ "Stylonema alsidii (Zanardini) K.M.Drew 1956 :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  3. ↑ Zanardini, G. (1840). "[Lettera] Alla direzione della Biblioteca Italiana" (PDF). Biblioteca Italiana. 96: 131–137 [136].
  4. ↑ John Marinus Huisman (2000). Marine plants of Australia. UWA Publishing. pp. 26–. ISBN 978-1-876268-33-6. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  5. ↑ Spencer, M. A. (2004). "Pythium porphyrae. (Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria)". IMI Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 162 (Sheet 1617). Retrieved 10 October 2017. A description is provided for Pythium porphyrae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASES: Red-rot disease, red-wasting disease. HOSTS: Bangia atropurpurea, Callophyllis adhaerens, Polyopes affinis (syn


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