Codium cranwelliae

Codium cranwelliae
Codium cranwelliae found at North Cape, New Zealand
Conservation status
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Ulvophyceae
Order:	Bryopsidales
Family:	Codiaceae
Genus:	Codium
Species:	C. cranwelliae
Binomial name
Codium cranwelliae Setch.

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

Specimen from the collections of Auckland War Memorial Museum

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

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

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

1. "Codium cranwelliae Setch". New Zealand Threat Classification System. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. "Codium cranwelliae". Auckland War Memorial Museum . Retrieved 5 September 2024.
5. 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.
6. "Codium cranwelliae". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network . Retrieved 5 September 2024.
7. 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". Papahou: Records of the Auckland Museum . 43: 11–41. ISSN   1174-9202. JSTOR   42905883. Wikidata   Q58623350.