Hypoglossum Kützing, 1843

de Clerck, Olivier, Coppejans, Eric, Schils, Tom, Verbruggen, Heroen, Leliaert, Frederik, de Vriese, Thomas & Marie, Daniel, 2004, The marine red algae of Rodrigues (Mauritius, Indian Ocean), Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 3021-3057 : 3042

Hypoglossum Kützing

Key to the species from Rodrigues

1 Branches emerging at a point between the blade margin and the midrib of the blade................. Hypoglossum anomalum

– Branches arising on the midrib of the blade..... Hypoglossum simulans

* Hypoglossum anomalum Wynne and Ballantine, 1986: 189 , figures 1 –15 References: Wynne, 1988: 511–534, figures 1E–G, 2G–I ; Wynne and Norris, 1991: 269, figures 19–22, 25.

Type locality. Off La Parguera , Puerto Rico .

Voucher. HEC 14876b (zF), 1 October 2001, Totor (s.s. 9) .

Ecology. Epiphytic on Cryptonemia crenulata at 8 m depth.

Indian Ocean distribution. Rodrigues (this paper), Seychelles, South Africa.

Figures

FIGS 1–7. Rhodophytes. (1) Gracilaria corticata (HEC 14627). (2) Renouxia antillana (HEC 14804). (3) Platoma cyclocolpa (HEC 14805). (4) Titanophora pikeana (HEC 14875). (5, 6) Cryptonemia crenulata (HEC 14876): (5) general morphology; (6) serrate margin. (7) Cryptonemia crenulata (HEC 15134b): cross-section showing cortex and medulla with densely stained ganglionic cells. Scale bars: 1 cm (1, 3, 4); 2 cm (2, 5); 5 mm (6); 50 Mm (7).