DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17428740
title: TABLE 2 in New species in the cryptic genus Gloiocladia J. Agardh (Faucheaceae, Rhodophyta) from Hawaiian Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems

description: TABLE 2. — Comparison of general vegetative morphology of Hawaiian species and related representatives of Gloiocladia J.Agardh.
TaxonThallus/ Branching Medullary cell pattern descriptionCortical cell descriptionReferenceGloiocladia fryeana (Setchell) N.Sánchez & Rodríguez-Prieto73 mm tall, 10 mm wide, 1-3 layers, 80-150 × irregularly dichotomously 70-110 μm in cross branching section3-4 layers, 10 μm in diameter eachFilloramo & Saunders (2018)G. furcata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh85 mm tall, 50 mm 1-3 layers, 40-720 × wide, rounded sub- 20-268 μm in cross dichotomous branches section3-5 layers, 10 μm in diameter eachSánchez & Rodríguez-Prieto (2005)G. iyoensis (Okamura) R.E.Norris20 mm tall, 4 mm wide, 4-6 layers, 60-100 × flattened lobes, irregular 40-50 μm in cross pinnation section3-5 layers, 4 µm in diameter This study (Fig. 4), Abbott each (1999)G. japonica (Okamura) Yoshida60 mm tall, 10 mm wide, N/A lobed or laciniate thallus, dichotomous pinnate, irregular branchingN/AYoshida (1997)G. laciniata (J.Agardh) N.Sánchez & Rodríguez-Prieto180 mm tall, 10 mm wide, 2-3 layers, 80-200 × irregularly dichotomously 90-124 μm in cross branching section3-4 layers, 3 μm in diameter Filloramo & Saunders (2018) eachG. laukuamoo K.R.Allsopp, 60 mm tall, 1 mm wide, 6-8 layers, each 40-70 F.P.Cabrera & irregular dichotomous × 30-50 μm in cross A.R.Sherwood, sp. nov. branching, with opposite section or alternating distichous branchlets1-3 layers, 5 µm in diameter This study (Fig. 3) eachG. media (Kylin) Filloramo & 30 mm tall, 5 mm wide 2-3 layers, 130-270 × G.W.Saunders irregularly dichotomously 80-130 μm in cross branching section3-4 layers, 5 μm in diameter Filloramo & Saunders (2018) eachG. microspora (Rodríguez &120 mm tall, compressed 4-5 layers, 30-416 × Femenías) Berecibar, irregularly dichotomously 13-300 μm in cross M.J.Wynne, I.Bárbara & branching section R.Santos3-6 layers, 8 μm in diameter Sánchez et al. (2010) eachG. pelicana Gavio & Fredericq140 mm tall, 1 cm wide, 1 layer, 135-220 × 200- irregular to dichotomous 245 μm in cross section branching lobes3-4 layers, 10 μm in diameter eachGavio & Fredericq (2005)G. repens (C.Agardh) N.Sánchez & Rodríguez-Prieto250 mm tall, 6 mm wide, 5-7 layers, 20-500 × irregularly dichotomously 14-192 μm in cross branching section5-7 layers, 5 μm in diameter Rodríguez-Prieto et al. each (2007)G. rubrispora (Searles) R.E. 25 mm tall, 1 mm wide. N/A Norris Radial branching thalli and branchlets.4 layers, 2-5 µm in diameter Searles (1984) eachG. tenuissima Gavio & Fredericq40 mm tall, 0.5 mm wide, 4-5 layers, 10-30 μm 3-4 layers, 3-6 × 8-13 μm slender terete branches, diameter in cross section each irregularGavio & Fredericq (2005)G. vigeaultii Filloramo & G.W.Saunders75 mm tall, 18 mm wide, 2-3 layers, 130-300 × irregularly dichotomously 70-200 μm in cross branching section6-8 layers, 1-8 μm in diameter each, gradually decreasing in sizeFilloramo & Saunders (2018)
description: Published as part of Allsopp, Kazumi R., Cabrera, Feresa P., Fumo, James T., Spalding, Heather L., Williams, Taylor M., Kosaki, Randall K., Leonard, Jason, Hauk, Brian, Pyle, Richard L., Wagner, Daniel, Smith, Celia M. & Sherwood, Alison R., 2025, New species in the cryptic genus Gloiocladia J. Agardh (Faucheaceae, Rhodophyta) from Hawaiian Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems, pp. 74 in Cryptogamie, Algologie 20 (5) on page 74, DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2025v46a5, http://zenodo.org/record/17428676