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Champia gigantea and Lomentaria strumosa (Rhodymeniales): Two New Red Algae from the Sultanate of Oman

Champia gigantea and Lomentaria strumosa (Rhodymeniales): Two New Red Algae from the Sultanate of... Botanica Marina Vol. 41, 1998, pp. 571-580 © 1998 by Walter de Gruyter - Berlin · New York M. J. Wynne Department of Biology and Herbarium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U. S. A. Two distinctive members of the order Rhodymeniales (Rhodophyta) are described from the northern Arabian Sea, the Sultanate of Oman: Champia gigantea M. J. Wynne sp. nov. (Champiaceae), from southern Oman, is a sublittoral species distinguished from other species of the genus by its very large size (to 54 cm in height), flattened axes (reaching 3.5 cm in width), and pinnate branching pattern. Lomentaria strumosa M. J. Wynne sp. nov. (Lomentariaceae), from Sur in the southeastern corner of Oman, is a littoral species distinguished by the mostly secund nature of its branching and by the production of its tetrasporangia in invaginated cortical regions located typically in a single conspicuously swollen subapical region of a fertile branch. No other species in the genus have been depicted as producing such turbinate fertile axes. Introduction The coastline of the Sultanate of Oman remains relatively little explored in terms of its benthic marine algae. The recent report by Wynne and Jupp (1998) of 74 species previously unknown http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Botanica Marina de Gruyter

Champia gigantea and Lomentaria strumosa (Rhodymeniales): Two New Red Algae from the Sultanate of Oman

Wynne, M. J.
Botanica Marina , Volume 41 (1-6) – Jan 1, 1998
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Botanica Marina Vol. 41, 1998, pp. 571-580 © 1998 by Walter de Gruyter - Berlin · New York M. J. Wynne Department of Biology and Herbarium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U. S. A. Two distinctive members of the order Rhodymeniales (Rhodophyta) are described from the northern Arabian Sea, the Sultanate of Oman: Champia gigantea M. J. Wynne sp. nov. (Champiaceae), from southern Oman, is a sublittoral species distinguished from other species of the genus by its very large size (to 54 cm in height), flattened axes (reaching 3.5 cm in width), and pinnate branching pattern. Lomentaria strumosa M. J. Wynne sp. nov. (Lomentariaceae), from Sur in the southeastern corner of Oman, is a littoral species distinguished by the mostly secund nature of its branching and by the production of its tetrasporangia in invaginated cortical regions located typically in a single conspicuously swollen subapical region of a fertile branch. No other species in the genus have been depicted as producing such turbinate fertile axes. Introduction The coastline of the Sultanate of Oman remains relatively little explored in terms of its benthic marine algae. The recent report by Wynne and Jupp (1998) of 74 species previously unknown

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Published: Jan 1, 1998

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