VERDIGELLAS NEKTONGAMMEA (TETRASPORALES, CHLOROPHYTA), A NEW DEEP-WATER SPECIES FROM THE BAHAMAS

Authors
BALLANTINE DL APONTE NE
Citation
Dl. Ballantine et Ne. Aponte, VERDIGELLAS NEKTONGAMMEA (TETRASPORALES, CHLOROPHYTA), A NEW DEEP-WATER SPECIES FROM THE BAHAMAS, Nova Hedwigia, 62(3-4), 1996, pp. 425-429
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Nova Hedwigia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00295035
Volume
62
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
425 - 429
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-5035(1996)62:3-4<425:VN(CAN>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Specimens representing a new species of the green algal genus Verdigel las, are described from deep-water collections made using the submersi ble DSV NEKTON GAMMA in the Bahamas. Verdigellas nektongammea forms er ect and spreading irregular palmate lobes, up to 2.0 cm in height and 4.0 cm across. The new species is unique among benthic marine Tetraspo rales in possessing vegetative cells arranged in reticulate mucilagino us strands internally, resulting in numerous hollow cavities.