Colpomenia sinuosa

Colpomenia sinuosa, commonly named the oyster thief or sinuous ballweed, is a brown algae species in the genus Colpomenia. It is the type species of its genus and is widespread in tropical to temperate zones around the world.[4][5]

Colpomenia sinuosa
Sea bubble (Colpomenia sinuosa), Cabrillo National Monument tidepools, San Diego, California, USA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Ectocarpales
Family: Scytosiphonaceae
Genus: Colpomenia
Species:
C. sinuosa
Binomial name
Colpomenia sinuosa
Synonyms

It is superficially similar to the Colpomenia peregrina species and in older texts, such as Knight and Parke (1931), C. peregrina is referred to as C. sinuosa.

Colpomenia sinuosa contains the C6-C4-C6 phenolic compound colpol.[6]

Distribution

This species is common in the intertidal and on reef flats, often growing on other algae or rocky substrates.[5] In Hawaiʻi it is found from the mid intertidal to about 20m depth.[5] It can be found in New Zealand in the northeastern coasts of the North Island, the Kermadec Islands, and the Marlborough Sounds.[4]

References
  1. Mazé, Hippolyte; Schramm, A (1905). Essai de classification des algues de la Guadeloupe (in French) (2nd ed.). Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe: Impr. du Gouvernement. p. 131. hdl:2027/coo.31924000640767. 876347352
  2. Natural History Museum (2014). Dataset: Collection specimens. Resource: Specimens. Natural History Museum Data Portal ( http://www.nhm.ac.uk/services/media-store/asset/4fc357cb75ba3e5b51a22b8bfcfc8ea945e5303a/contents/preview ). doi:10.5519/0002965 Retrieved: 17:42 10 May 2018 (GMT)
  3. Barton, Ethel Sara (November 1898). "On the Structure and Development of Soranthera, Post. & Rupr". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 33 (234): 479–486. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1898.tb00666.x. ISSN 1095-8339.
  4. Nelson, W. A. (2013). New Zealand seaweeds : an illustrated guide. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. p. 122. ISBN 9780987668813. OCLC 841897290.
  5. Huisman, John M. (2007). Hawaiian reef plants. Isabella Aiona Abbott, Celia Marie Smith, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Sea Grant College Program. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi: University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program. ISBN 978-1-929054-04-6. OCLC 123040861.
  6. Colpol, a New Cytotoxic C6-C4-C6 Metabolite from the Alga Colpomenia sinuosa. Dalia Green, Yoel Kashman and Ahron Miroz, J. Nat. Prod., 1993, volume 56, issue 7, pages 1201–1202, doi:10.1021/np50097a033

Further reading

Lee, Kyung Min; Boo, Sung Min; Kain, Joanna; Sherwood, Alison (February 2013). "Cryptic diversity and biogeography of the widespread brown alga Colpomenia sinuosa (Ectocarpales, Phaeophyceae)". Botanica Marina. 56 (1): 15–25. doi:10.1515/bot-2012-0211. S2CID 85090403.



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