WoRMS taxon details
Valonia C.Agardh, 1823
AphiaID: 144267
AphiaID: 144267
| Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Chlorophyta (Phylum) > Ulvophyceae (Class) > Siphonocladales (Order) > Valoniaceae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Valoniaceae Kützing, 1849 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Ventricaria J.L.Olsen & J.A.West, 1988 (synonym) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] basis of record: Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2). [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Valonia aegagropila C.Agardh, 1823 Species Valonia barbadensis W.R.Taylor, 1969 Species Valonia caespitosa P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan Species Valonia confertoides Species Valonia fastigiata Harvey ex J.Agardh, 1887 Species Valonia macrophysa Kützing, 1843 Species Valonia nutrix (Kraft & A.J.K.Millar) Kraft, 2007 Species Valonia oblongata J.Agardh, 1887 Species Valonia trabeculata Egerod, 1952 Species Valonia utricularis (Roth) C.Agardh, 1823 Species Valonia ventricosa J.Agardh, 1887 Species Valonia chlorocladus Hauck, 1886 accepted as Siphonocladus tropicus (P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan) J.Agardh, 1887 Species Valonia cladophora Kützing, 1863 accepted as Cladophora mamillata Leliaert, 2005 Species Valonia confervoides Harvey ex J.Agardh, 1887 accepted as Valoniopsis pachynema (G.Martens) Børgesen, 1934 Species Valonia favulosa C.Agardh, 1823 accepted as Dictyosphaeria cavernosa (Forsskål) Børgesen, 1932 Species Valonia filiformis Dickie, 1874 accepted as Siphonocladus filiformis (Dickie) De Toni, 1889 Species Valonia forbesii Harvey, 1860 accepted as Boergesenia forbesii (Harvey) Feldmann, 1938 Species Valonia ocellata M.A.Howe accepted as Dictyosphaeria ocellata (M.A.Howe) J.L.Olsen-Stojkovich, 1985 Species Valonia ovalis C.Agardh accepted as Halicystis ovalis (Lyngbye) Areschoug, 1850 accepted as Derbesia marina (Lyngbye) Solier, 1846 Species Valonia pachynema (G.Martens) Weber-van Bosse, 1913 accepted as Valoniopsis pachynema (G.Martens) Børgesen, 1934 Species Valonia pusilla C.Agardh ex Kützing, 1845 accepted as Siphonocladus pusillus (C.Agardh ex Kützing) Hauck, 1884 Species Valonia uvaria Kützing, 1845 accepted as Valonia macrophysa Kützing, 1843 Species Valonia verticillata Kützing, 1847 accepted as Ernodesmis verticillata (Kützing) Børgesen, 1912 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | Published in AlgaeBase  To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144267 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Valonia C.Agardh, 1823. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144267 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
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