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Electronic Flora of South Australia Species Fact Sheet
Phylum Chlorophyta – Order Codiales – Family Codiaceae
Selected citations: Lucas 1936: 54, fig. 35a. Silva & Womersley 1956: 273, fig. 9.
Thallus (Fig. 77E) medium green, firm, erect, regularly and frequently dichotomously branched, to l m high, with branches uniformly terete, not tapering, 4–7 mm in diameter. Utricles (Fig. 78F) stout, irregularly cylindrical to clavate, (130–) 200–500 (–700) µm in maximum diameter (below apex), (650–) 750–1300 (–1500) µm long; utricle apical wall rounded to truncate, moderately to (usually) markedly thickened forming a laminate galeate cap up to 125 µm thick; hairs (or scars) occasional, one to few per utricle. Medullary filaments usually 30–80 µm in diameter, with a prominent plug adjacent to origin from utricle. Gametangia elongate-ovoid to cylindrical, 55–185 µm in diameter, 275–530 µm long.
Lectotype from Port Phillip, Vic.; in Herb. Agardh, LD, 15588.
Selected specimens: Port Denison, W. Aust., drift (Parsons, 8.xi.1968; ADU. A33155). City Beach, Perth, W. Aust. (Royce 1196, 7.v.1952; PERTH, UC). Avoid Bay, S. Aust., drift (Womersley, 30.xi.1975; ADU, A46820). Pennington Bay, Kangaroo I., S. Aust., sublittoral fringe (Womersley, 29.xii.1948; ADU, A10536). Margaret Brock Reef, Cape Jaffa, S. Aust.. 10 m deep (Lewis, 15.ii.1974; ADU, A45022). Sorrento, Vic., shaded pool ( Woinersley, 2.vi.1953; ADU, A18831).
Distribution: From Champion Bay, W. Aust. around southern Australia and Tasmania to Ballina, N.S.W.
Taxonomic notes: C. galeatum is a common species on rough-water coasts along southern Australia, from low tide level down to 37 m. The robust, regularly dichotomous thallus and large utricles with galeate caps are characteristic.
References:
AGARDH, J.G. (1887). Till algernes systematik. VIII. Siphoneac. Acta Univ. hind. 23, 1–180. Plates 1–5.
LUCAS, A.H.S. (1936). The Seaweeds of South Australia. Pt. I. Introduction and the Green and Brown Seaweeds. (Govt Printer: Adelaide.)
SILVA, P.C. & WOMERSLEY, H.B.S. (1956). The genus Codium (Chlorophyta) in southern Australia. Aust. J. Bot. 4, 261–289.
The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia Part I complete list of references.
Publication:
Womersley, H.B.S. (31 May, 1984)
The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia
Part I
©Board of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium, Government of South Australia
Illustrations in Womersley Part I, 1984: FIGS 77E, 78F.
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Fig. 77. A. Codium mamillosum (ADU, A43513). B. Codium pomoides (ADU, A46816). C. Codium laminarioides (ADU, A50719). D. Codium silvae (ADU, A50695, type). E. Codium galeatum (ADU, A46820). F. Codium duthieae (ADU, A37513).
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Fig. 78. Utricle clusters with gametangia. A. Codium mamillosum (Royce 1200, in PERTH, UC). B. Codium pomoides (Cribb 75.16 in UC). C. Codium laminarioides (Cribb 61.42 in UC). D. Codium silvae (ADU, A50695, type). E. Codium silvae, apex of utricle. F. Codium galeatum (lectotype left and Royce 1196 right). G. Codium duthieae (ADU, A13624). (After Silva & Womersley 1956.)
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