Kallymenia ercegovicii

Kallymenia ercegovicii a red algae species first discovered in the Mediterranean Sea, in the coast of Croatia.[1]

Kallymenia ercegovicii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Gigartinales
Family: Kallymeniaceae
Genus: Kallymenia
Species:
K. ercegovicii
Binomial name
Kallymenia ercegovicii
Vergés et al., 2014

Description

This species is distinguished from other Kallymenia species by a deeply lobed thallus, its large inner cortical cells, stellate but non-ganglionic medullary cells and non-ostiolate cystocarps which are surrounded by a filamentous net, itself composed of elongated cells forming fascicles.[1]

References

  1. Vergés, Alba; Gey, Delphine; Utgé, José; Cruaud, Corinne; Le Gall, Line (2014). "Recognition of a new species ofKallymenia(Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) from Croatia (Mediterranean Sea) based on morphology and DNA barcode". European Journal of Phycology. 49 (3): 332–344. doi:10.1080/09670262.2014.938362. ISSN 0967-0262. S2CID 86389477.

Further reading

  • Giaccone, Giuseppe. "Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: an introductory speech to the Marine Algae Symposium." Bocconea Palermo 16 (2003): 182–192.
  • Belsher, Th, et al. "Inventaire des algues marines benthiques de la rade et des îles d'Hyères." Trav. scient. Parc natn. Port-Cros 2 (1976): 39–89.


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