Rhipidosiphon javensis Montagne, 1842: 15

Coppejans, Eric, Leliaert, Frederik, Verbruggen, Heroen, de Clerck, Olivier, Schils, Tom, de Vriese, Thomas & Marie, Daniel, 2004, The marine green and brown algae of Rodrigues (Mauritius, Indian Ocean), Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 2959-3020 : 2994

* Rhipidosiphon javensis Montagne, 1842: 15

( figure 20 ) References: Jaasund, 1976: 29, figure 60; Tseng, 1984: 294, pl. 146, figure 2

(~ Udotea javensis (Montagne) A. Gepp and E. Gepp ); Coppejans and

Prud’homme van Reine, 1989a: 139, pl. 10, figures 3–9 (~ Udotea javensis );

Littler and Littler, 1990: 33–36, figures 6–11 ; Payri et al., 2000: 120, figure p. 121;

Coppejans et al., 2001: 422, figures 32–34; Littler and Littler, 2003: 254, middle

figure p. 255.

Figures

FIGS 19–24. Chlorophyta. (19) Caulerpa nummularia, proliferating from primary, peltate assimilator (HEC 14609 p.p.). (20) Rhipidosiphon javensis (HEC 14763). (21) Udotea sp. (HEC 14759). (22–24) Udotea palmetta (HEC 14817): (22) general morphology of large, fertile specimen; (23) gametangia growing from the blade surface; (24) gametangia growing from the blade margin. Scale bars: 2 mm (19, 20); 1 cm (21, 22); 1 mm (23); 500 mm (24).

FIGS 2–6. Chlorophyta. (2) Microdictyon tenuius, detail of branching and anastomosing patterns (HEC 14849). (3) Bryopsis pennata var. pennata, branchlets of last order contiguous and in a single plane (HEC 14796 p.p.). (4) Bryopsis pennata var. leprieurii, branchlets of last order interrupted and in a single plane (HEC 14757).(5) Bryopsis pennata var. secunda, branchlets of last order curved in one direction (HEC 14796 p.p.). (6) Chamaedoris delphinii (HEC 14617). Scale bars: 250 mm (2); 5 mm (3–5); 1 cm (6).