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Griffithsia globulifera Harvey ex Kützing, 1862 
AphiaID: 144585

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Biliphyta (Subkingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Eurhodophytina (Subdivision) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Rhodymeniophycidae (Subclass) > Ceramiales (Order) > Wrangeliaceae (Family) > Griffithsieae (Tribe) > Griffithsia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Griffithsia C.Agardh, 1817
Synonymised
taxa
  Griffithsia bornetiana Farlow, 1881
Griffithsia corallina var. globulifera Harvey, 1853
Griffithsia globifera (Harvey) J.Agardh, 1876
Sources  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]

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]

additional source: Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p. [details]

additional source: Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press. [details]

Environment marine
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Seychelles [details]
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
Notes  Distribution: Long Island Sound to the southern Cape Cod region, Scotian Shelf, Northumberland Strait and the St. Lawrence River [details]

Morphology: Red colour results from the dominance of the pigments phycoerythrin and phycocyanin; this masks the other pigments, chlorophyll a (no chlorophyll b), beta-caratene and a number of unique xanthophylls. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144585
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Guiry, Michael D.
2010-12-13 10:09:16Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Griffithsia globulifera Harvey ex Kützing, 1862. 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=144585 on 2013-05-24
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