PLY470 Rhodella maculata (Evans)

• Division: Rhodophyta
• Class: Rhodophyceae
• Authentic culture: Yes
• Synonym
• Area collected: Thames Estuary, UK
• Other info: Sand sample from Southend-on-Sea
• Collected by:
• Date collected:
• Date isolated: 1966
• Isolated by: M. Droop/M. Turner
• Identified by: L.V. Evans
• Received from: CCAP
• Date received: Nov. 1984
• Received as:
• Length (µm): 10.50-13.50 µm
• Width (µm): 10.50-13.50 µm
• Original description: Evans, L.V. (1970). Electron microscopical observations on a new red algal unicell, Rhodella maculata gen. nov., sp. nov. Br. Phycol. J., 5, 1-13.
• Other references: Fresnel, J. & Billard, C. (1987). Contribution à la connaissance du genre Rhodella (Porphyridiales, Rhodophyceae). Cryptogamie-Algologie, 8, 49-60. Patrone, L.M., Broadwater, S.T. & Scott, J.L. (1991). Ultrastructure of vegetative and dividing cells of the unicellular red algae Rhodella violacea and Rhodella maculata . J. Phycol., 27, 742-753.
• Notes: Requires vitamin B12 at CCAP
• Other collections: CCAP 1388/2 CCMP 736
• Toxicity:
• Medium: QA