Pyropia rakiura
| Pyropia rakiura | |
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Bangiophyceae |
| Order: | Bangiales |
| Family: | Bangiaceae |
| Genus: | Pyropia |
| Species: | P. rakiura
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyropia rakiura WA Nelson, 2001, emended WA Nelson, 2011
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Pyropia rakiura, formerly known as Porphyra rakiura, is a red alga species in the genus Pyropia, known from New Zealand. It is
P. virididentata, they can be distinguished by morphology (such as the microscopic arrangement of cells along their thallus margin, their thallus shape, size and colour), as well as geographical, ecological and seasonal distribution patterns, and importantly, chromosome numbers, which in this species n = 2. Finally, these four species are distinguished by a particular nucleotide sequence at the 18S rDNA locus.[1]
Distribution
This species can be found on the mid to low intertidal zone of coasts on the southern North Island, the South Island and Stewart Island in New Zealand as well as on the coasts of Australia.[2]
References
Further reading
- Brodie, Juliet, et al. "Making the links: towards a global taxonomy for the red algal genus Porphyra (Bangiales, Rhodophyta)." Journal of applied phycology20.5 (2008): 939โ949.
- Hemmingson, J. A., and W. A. Nelson. "Cell wall polysaccharides are informative in Porphyra species taxonomy." Journal of applied phycology 14.5 (2002): 357โ364.
- Nelson, W. A., J. E. Broom, and T. J. Farr. "Pyrophyllon and Chlidophyllon (Erythropeltidales, Rhodophyta): two new genera for obligate epiphytic species previously placed in Porphyra, and a discussion of the orders Erythropeltidales and Bangiales." Phycologia 42.3 (2003): 308โ315.
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