Cladophora brasiliana Martens 1870

• Main Authors: Gestinari, Lísia Mônica De Souza, Pereira, Sonia Maria Barreto, Yoneshigue-Valentin, Yocie
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Plantae; Chlorophyta; Ulvophyceae; Cladophorales; Cladophoraceae; Cladophora; Cladophora brasiliana; Hoek; Rocas; Sonia; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4901851; https://zenodo.org/record/4901851

1. Cladophora brasiliana Martens (1870: 297). Map 1; Figs. 1A–B Thalli delicate, dark green, specimens with (0.5 – ) 1.9 ( – 2.5) cm height, attached by branched basal rhizoids, having an irregular organization. Main axis without ramifications in the distal regions. Apical cells long, cylindrical with rounded or slightly tapered tips, measuring (28 – ) 36 ( – 41) µm wide and (158 – ) 247 ( – 352) µm long with L/W ratio (5 – ) 8 ( – 12); terminal branch cells measuring (34 – ) 43 ( – 55) µm wide and (192 – ) 273 ( – 363) µm long, with L/W ratio (5.0 – ) 7 ( – 9); main axis cells measuring (77 – ) 93 ( – 117) µm wide and (497 – ) 638 ( – 800) µm long with L/W ratio (5 – ) 7 ( – 10). Representative specimens examined : BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro : Macaé, Lagoa do Açu, 20/X/2000, Taouil (PEUFR 42629); Rio de Janeiro, Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, 19/IX/2001, Nassar (PEUFR 42630); 26/ VIII/2002, Nassar (PEUFR 42631). Comments: the specimens were observed growing as epiphytes on Ulva spp. or Poaceae, and corresponded to the descriptions of Taylor (1960) and Hoek (1982). However, our specimens showed higher cellular diameters compared with those authors. C. brasiliana is a shallow water species and, according to Taylor (1960), perhaps from brackish waters. Although the type locality is the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon (Rio de Janeiro State — Oliveira-Filho 1977), C. brasiliana was also found typically in marine environments, such as Atol das Rocas (Oliveira-Filho & Ugadim 1976), but in this study it was restricted to Rio de Janeiro State. : Published as part of Gestinari, Lísia Mônica De Souza, Pereira, Sonia Maria Barreto & Yoneshigue-Valentin, Yocie, 2010, Distribution of Cladophora Species (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta) along the Brazilian Coast, pp. 22-42 in Phytotaxa 14 on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.14.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4778724 : {"references": ["Martens, G. (1870) Conspectus algarum brasiliae hactenas detectarum. Videnskabelige Meddelelser Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening i Kobenhavn 3 (2): 297 - 314.", "Taylor, W. R. (1960) Marine algae of the eastern tropical and subtropical coasts of Americas. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 870 pp.", "Hoek, C. van den (1982) A taxonomic revision of the American species of Cladophora (Chlorophyceae) in the North Atlantic Ocean and their geographic distribution. North-Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 236 pp.", "Oliveira-Filho, E. C. (1977) Algas marinhas bentonicas do Brasil. Thesis (Livre Docencia). Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 407 pp."]}