Chrysymenia pumila (J. Agardh)

Schmidt, W. E., Gurgel, C. F. D. & Fredericq, S., 2016, Taxonomic Transfer of the Red Algal Genus Gloiosaccion to Chrysymenia (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodymeniales), Including the Description of a New Species, Chrysymenia pseudoventricosa, for the Gulf of Mexico, Phytotaxa 243 (1), pp. 54-70 : 65

Chrysymenia pumila (J. Agardh) Weber-van Bosse 1928: p. 469

FIGURE 19 .

BASIONYM: Gloiosaccion pumilum J. Agardh 1892, p. 85 .

TYPE: Port Phillip Heads , [ New Holland] Victoria, South Australia, coll. J. Br. Wilson ( Womersley 1996: 54). Holotype in Herb. Agardh, LD 26407 .

DISTRIBUTION: Southern Australia ( Womersley 1996: 54), Indonesia (fide Weber-van Bosse 1928, Atmadja & Prud’homme van Reine 2012).

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Edithburgh Pier, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, coll. C. F.D. Gurgel, 17.i.2010, 35º05’04’’ S, 137º49’56’’E ( AD-A 90892).

HABIT: The specimen examined was air-dried on a herbarium sheet, and shows a distinct multi-vesiculate thallus ( Fig. 19 ).

NOTE: Womersley (1996) views G. pumilum J. Agardh to be a slender and young plant of G. brownii .

REPRESENTATIVE SEQUENCES: HQ400576 (rbc L), KT154710 (UPA).

Figures

FIGURES 17–23. Chrysymenia brownii (Harvey) DeToni. 17, 18), 20–23) WES108 and 19) Chrysymenia pumila (J. Agardh) Webervan Bosse. Scale bar 2 cm. 1094. 17) Type specimen of G. brownii var. membranaceum. Scale bar 2 cm. 18) Univesiculate thalli. Scale bar 1 cm. 19) Multivesiculate thallus. Scale bar 1 cm. 20, 21) Pyriform gland cell (arrow) cut off thallus inward from medullary cell in cross sectional view. Scale bar 100 μm. 20) Surface view. Scale bar 40 μm. 21) Surface view. Scale bar 100 μm. 22) Thallus surface with complete cortication. Scale bar 40 μm. 23) Cross section through mid thallus region showing pigmented cortical cells and hyaline medullary cells. Scale bar 100 μm.