Ctenocladus Borzi 1883

Darienko, Tatyana & Pröschold, Thomas, 2017, Toward a monograph of non-marine Ulvophyceae using an integrative approach (Molecular phylogeny and systematics of terrestrial Ulvophyceae II.), Phytotaxa 324 (1), pp. 1-41 : 21-22

Ctenocladus Borzi 1883 , Studi Algologici I: 27–50.

Investigated strains: CCMP 2158, SAG 467-1, ULVO-16, ULVO-17, ULVO-18, ULVO-24, ULVO-25 ( Figs 12–13 ).

Ctenocladus circinnatus Borzi 1883 , Studi Algologici I: 27–28 (diagnosis latina), figs. 3: 1–10, 4: 11–20. ( Fig. 12A–J , 13A–E )

Lectotype (designated herein): Fig. 4 : 12 in Borzi (1883).

Epitype (designated herein): The strain CCMP 2158 is permanently cryopreserved in a metabolically inactive state (cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen) in the CCMP, USA.

ITS-2 DNA Barcode: CTE 1 in Figs S2.

Comment: This species is probably widely distributed in soils under Salicornia prostrara with sulfate-chloride solonchaks and sulfate solonetz (ULVO-15, ULVO-16, ULVO-49) and epilithic on sandstone (ULVO-18 and CCMP 2158) and silicates (ULVO-24). The same algae was likely observed by Novichkova-Ivanova (1984) on solonchaks soil in the Middle East and identified under the name Lochmiopsis sibirica Woron. et Popova.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Overview about the morphology of the investigated Pseudendoclonium strains grown on 3NBBM medium. A. ULVO-21, B. ULVO-29, C. ULVO-26, D. SAG 2237, E. SAG 467-2, F. CCAP 415/1.

FIGURE 12. Morphology of Ctenocladus circinnatus CCMP 2158 grown on 1/2SWES medium, two-weeks old cultures.

FIGURE 13. Overview about the morphology of the investigated Ctenocladus strains grown on 3NBBM medium. A,B. ULVO-16, C. ULVO-18, D,E. ULVO-24, F. SAG 467-1.