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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Stylonematophyceae
Order: Stylonematales
Family: Stylonemataceae
Genus: Rhodosorus
Species: magnei
Authority: Fresnel & Billard

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Origin

Climate zone: Subtropical
Habitat: Coastal
Ocean: North Atlantic
Sea: Caribbean Sea
Country: France
Region: French West Indies

Identity

Distributed: ✔
Holotype: ✔
Axenic: ✖
Clonal: ✔
Toxicity: Unknown
Aquaculture: ✖
Ecotoxicology: ✖
Teaching: ✖
Ecosystem marker: ✖
Other code: R-8
rARN 18S sequence available: ✖

Morphology

Flagellate: ✖
Length: 5-9
Width: 3,5-4,5

Culture

Isolation date: 1987
Isolation site: Saint Barthélémy
Isolation previous code: RHO8
Culture medium: K/2
Growth temperature: 19
Growth light: 100
Bibliography
- Fresnel, J. & Billard, C. (1995). Une nouvelle microalgue rouge marine: Rhodosorus magnei sp. nov. (Rhodophyceae, Porphyridiales). Cryptogamie, Algologie 16: 63-75. -Wilson S., West J., Pickett-Heaps J., Yokoyama A & Hara Y. (2002) Chloroplast rotation and morphological plasticity of the unicellular alga Rhodosorus (Rhodophyta, Stylonematales). Phycological Research 50 : 183-191. - Karsten U., West J. A., Zuccarello G. C., Engbrodt R., Yokoyama A;, Hara, Y. and Brodie J. (2003) Low molecular weight carbohydrates of the Bangiophycidae (Rhodophyta). J. Phycol 39 : 584-589.