Clymene coleana, formerly known as Porphyra cinnamomea, is a red alga species in the family Bangiaceae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Clymene. This species is endemic to New Zealand.
| Clymene coleana | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Bangiophyceae |
| Order: | Bangiales |
| Family: | Bangiaceae |
| Genus: | Clymene W.A.Nelson, 2011 |
| Species: | C. coleana
|
| Binomial name | |
| Clymene coleana (W.A.Nelson) W.A.Nelson, 2011
| |
Taxonomy edit
The genus name of Clymene is named after a Greek mythology nymph, Clymene (mother of Phaethon).[1]
Morphology and habitat edit
In winter C. coleana is grey in colour but in summer it bleaches to a golden colour.[2] It has fine finger like lobes and has cells in a single layer and is monoecious.[3][2] With P. cinnamomea, P. rakiura and P. virididentata, this species can be distinguished by morphology, such as the microscopic arrangement of cells along their thallus margin, their thallus shape, size and colour, as well as geographical, ecological and seasonal distribution patterns, and importantly, chromosome numbers, which in this species n = 4.[3] Finally, these four species are distinguished by a particular nucleotide sequence at the 18S rDNA locus.[3]
This species inhabits the upper parts of the intertidal zone on rock substrata on open coasts.[3] It has fine finger like lobes and in winter is a grey colour. In summer however it bleaches to a golden colour.[2]
Distribution edit
This species is endemic to New Zealand and can be found on the coastline of the North, South and Chatham Islands.[4]
References edit
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ a b c Nelson, Wendy (2013-03-22). "Pyropia plicata sp. nov. (Bangiales, Rhodophyta): naming a common intertidal alga from New Zealand". PhytoKeys (21): 17–28. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.21.4614. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 3689116. PMID 23794933.
- ^ a b c d Nelson, W; Broom, Judy E.; Farr, Tracy J. (2001). "Four new species of Porphyra (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) from the New Zealand region described using traditional characters and 18S rDNA sequence data". Cryptogamie Algologie. 22 (3): 263–284. doi:10.1016/S0181-1568(01)01060-1. ISSN 0181-1568.
- ^ Nelson, W. A. (2013). New Zealand seaweeds : an illustrated guide. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. p. 134. ISBN 9780987668813. OCLC 841897290.
Further reading edit
- Nelson, W. A., J. E. Broom, and T. J. Farr. "Pyrophyllon and Chlidophyllon (Erythropeltidales, Rhodophyta): two new genera for obligate epiphytic species previously placed in Porphyra, and a discussion of the orders Erythropeltidales and Bangiales." Phycologia 42.3 (2003): 308–315.(subscription required)
- Deng, Yinyin, et al. "Cytological observations and rbcL, nrSSU gene sequence analyses of filamentous Bangiales (Rhodophyta) from China." Journal of Applied Phycology 27.3 (2014): 1355–1363.
External links edit
 | This Rhodophyta-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |