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Calliarthron tuberculosum

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Calliarthron tuberculosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Corallinales
Family: Corallinaceae
Genus: Calliarthron
Species:
C. tuberculosum
Binomial name
Calliarthron tuberculosum
(Postels & Ruprecht) E.Y.Dawson

Calliarthron tuberculosum is a species of thaloid intertidal red algae.[1] It is the type species of the genus Calliarthron.

Taxonomy

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C. tuberculosum was originally described as Corallina tuberculosa in 1840 Alexander Postels and Franz Ruprecht. It was reclassified into the genus Calliarthron in 1940 by E. Yale Dawson.[2]

Distribution and habitat

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Calliarthron tuberculosum is found on the west coast of North America, from the Baja California Peninsula to the Alaska Panhandle.[3][4] It is commonly found in "low intertidal tidepools in moderate to exposed habitats".[3]

South of Monterey Bay, California, the range of C. tuberculosum overlaps with the range of C. cheilosporioides; as the two species are quite similar, molecular sequencing or detailed measurements are required to distinguish them.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Calliarthron tuberculosum". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Calliarthron tuberculosum". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
  3. ^ a b c Gabrielson, P.W.; Miller, K.A.; Martone, P.T. (2011). "Morphometric and molecular analyses confirm two distinct species of Calliarthron (Corallinales, Rhodophyta), a genus endemic to the northeast Pacific". Phycologia. 50 (3): 298–316. doi:10.2216/10-42.1. S2CID 38109656.
  4. ^ Klinkenberg, Brian, ed. (2021). "Calliarthron tuberculosum". E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Retrieved 2022-01-15.