Codium cranwelliae
| Codium cranwelliae | |
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| Codium cranwelliae found at North Cape, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Bryopsidales |
| Family: | Codiaceae |
| Genus: | Codium |
| Species: | C. cranwelliae
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| Binomial name | |
| Codium cranwelliae | |
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
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "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.