identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
CF2D5A29FF045504A6ACB5210236AB0D.text	CF2D5A29FF045504A6ACB5210236AB0D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sheathia shaoguanensis J. F. Han & S. L. Xie 2026	<div><p>Sheathia shaoguanensis J. F. Han &amp; S. L. Xie sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 4 A – E</p><p>Description.</p><p>Known only from the “ Chantransia ” sporophyte generation. Plants usually hemispherical in outline, 3.6–9.8 mm high, bluish; composed of prostrate and erect filaments; lateral branches developing at an angle ≤ 25 °; Vegetative cells of main branches cylindrical, 22.1–33.7 μm long and 5.3–7.4 μm in diameter. Monosporangia numerous, mostly grow on top of the 1–5 celled short branchlets, single or grouped, ovoidal, 8.4–13.7 μm long and 6.3–11.6 μm in diameter.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Diagnostic DNA sequence: rbc L and COI- 5 P (accession number: PZ 319268 for rbc L and PZ 321420 for COI- 5 P).</p><p>Type locality.</p><p>China, • Guangdong Province, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=113.11667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=24.516666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 113.11667/lat 24.516666)">Guangdong Grand Canyon</a> (24°31'N, 113°07'E), on the surface of a stone in flowing water .</p><p>Holotype here designated.</p><p>GKD - GD 20247 (Fig. 4), Dried material prepared from reference strain GD 247, Shanxi Vocational University of Engineering Science and Technology Herbarium (GKD), Shanxi Vocational University of Engineering Science and Technology, Jinzhong, Shanxi Province, China. November 2020 by Jin-fen Han and Kunpeng Fang .</p><p>Paratype.</p><p>China • Guangdong Province, Shaoguan, GKD -GD 20248, Preserved samples in 4 % formalin solution, prepared from reference strain GD 248, Shanxi Vocational University of Engineering Science and Technology Herbarium (GKD), Shanxi Vocational University of Engineering Science and Technology, Jinzhong, Shanxi Province, China .</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The species epithet refers to the type locality (Shaoguan, China).</p><p>Authentic strain.</p><p>GKD - GD 20248.</p><p>Registration.</p><p>http://phycobank.org/107386.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CF2D5A29FF045504A6ACB5210236AB0D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Han, Jin-fen;Wang, Xin;Yin, Bin;Xie, Shu-lian	Han, Jin-fen, Wang, Xin, Yin, Bin, Xie, Shu-lian (2026): Sheathia shaoguanensis sp. nov. (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta), a new freshwater red algal species from South China. PhytoKeys 277: 25-40, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.277.198746
