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Myriogramme melanesiensis and M. heterostroma (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta), two new species from the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu

De Ramon N'Yeurt, Antoine and Wynne, M.J. and Payri, C.E. (2007) Myriogramme melanesiensis and M. heterostroma (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta), two new species from the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium, 25 . pp. 213-224. ISSN 0091-1860

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Abstract

Two new species of the red algal genus Myriogramme, M. melanesiensis and M. heterostroma, are described from subtidal habitats in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, South Pacific. Myriogramme melanesiensis is characterized by a tristromatic thallus with layers composed of subrectangular cells of approximately equal height, smooth margins lacking any spines or proliferations, and multiple ovoid to elongate two-layered, submarginal tetrasporangial sori. Myriogramme heterostroma is distinguished by its tri- to pentastromatic thallus, with a single large layer of clear medullary cells and smaller pigmented cortical cells, and tetrasporangia occurring in single, large, median sori.

Item Type: Journal Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, new species, Rhodophyta, algae, Myriogramme, Delesseriaceae
Subjects: Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
Q Science > QK Botany
Divisions: Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (PACE-SD)
Depositing User: Antoine N'Yeurt
Date Deposited: 07 Oct 2014 03:33
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2014 03:33
URI: https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/7615

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