Codium cranwelliae

Codium cranwelliae
	Codium cranwelliae found at North Cape, New Zealand
Conservation status
	; Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	UTC clade
Order:	Bryopsidales
Family:	Codiaceae
Genus:	Codium
Species:	C. cranwelliae
Binomial name
	Codium cranwelliae; Setch.

Codium cranwelliae is a subtidal seaweed in the family Codiaceae. The green algae is endemic to New Zealand, primary found on the northeastern coast of the North Island.

Taxonomy and naming

The species was first formally described in 1940 by William Albert Setchell, based on specimens collected by botanist Lucy Cranwell from the Poor Knights Islands in February 1937.^[2]^[3]^[4] Setchell named the species after Cranwell.^[5]

Description

C. cranwelliae has a light green colour, and distinctive oval branching utricles attached to a narrow base. These utricles can be up to 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long.^[3]^[2]

Habitat and range

The species is endemic to New Zealand,^[6] found in subtidal coastal areas. It has been found as far south at the Mahia Peninsula.^[7]

References

^ "Codium cranwelliae Setch". New Zealand Threat Classification System. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b Setchell, W. A. (1 July 1940). "Some Trabeculate Codiums (Including Two New Species)". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 26 (7): 443–448. Bibcode:1940PNAS...26..443S. doi:10.1073/PNAS.26.7.443. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 1078205. PMID 16588379. Wikidata Q31035931.
^ ^a ^b Cranwell, L. M.; Moore, L. B. (1938). "Intertidal Communities of the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 67: 375–407. ISSN 1176-6166. OCLC 79785727. Wikidata Q89182463.
^ "Codium cranwelliae". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
^ Young, Maureen; Cameron, Ewen (2014). "Plants named for our "two Lucies". An occasional paper in the series "Plants named for ABS members"" (PDF). Auckland Botanical Society Journal. 69 (2): 178–179. ISSN 0113-4132. Wikidata Q124313556.
^ "Codium cranwelliae". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
^ Morley, Margaret S.; Hayward, Bruce W.; Raven, Jenny L.; Foreman, Geoff A.; Grenfell, Hugh R. (2006). "Intertidal and Shallow Subtidal Biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawke's Bay". Records of the Auckland Museum. 43: 11–41. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 42905883. Wikidata Q58623350.

[1] "Codium cranwelliae Setch". New Zealand Threat Classification System. Retrieved 5 September 2024.

[Original-2] Setchell, W. A. (1 July 1940). "Some Trabeculate Codiums (Including Two New Species)". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 26 (7): 443–448. Bibcode:1940PNAS...26..443S. doi:10.1073/PNAS.26.7.443. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 1078205. PMID 16588379. Wikidata Q31035931.

[PoorKnights-3] Cranwell, L. M.; Moore, L. B. (1938). "Intertidal Communities of the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 67: 375–407. ISSN 1176-6166. OCLC 79785727. Wikidata Q89182463.

[4] "Codium cranwelliae". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 5 September 2024.

[5] Young, Maureen; Cameron, Ewen (2014). "Plants named for our "two Lucies". An occasional paper in the series "Plants named for ABS members"" (PDF). Auckland Botanical Society Journal. 69 (2): 178–179. ISSN 0113-4132. Wikidata Q124313556.

[6] "Codium cranwelliae". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 5 September 2024.

[7] Morley, Margaret S.; Hayward, Bruce W.; Raven, Jenny L.; Foreman, Geoff A.; Grenfell, Hugh R. (2006). "Intertidal and Shallow Subtidal Biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawke's Bay". Records of the Auckland Museum. 43: 11–41. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 42905883. Wikidata Q58623350.

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