taxonID	type	description	language	source
039E82208245FFC17FAA286CAE9DFEE3.taxon	description	Description: — Thallus exhibiting crustose growth form (Fig. 4 D). Base of thallus narrow, growing firmly attached to the substrate. Margin entire. Thallus 2 cm wide and 1.5 cm tall, orange to reddish brown. Thallus 165 – 195 μm thick, composed of a single layer of medulla cells, 2 – 3 layers of dorsal cortical cells, and 2 layers of ventral cortical cells (Fig. 4 E and 4 F). Medulla cells 45 – 122 μm wide and 45 – 122 μm thick. Dorsal and ventral cortical cell layers 49 – 56 μm and 47 – 56 μm thick respectively. Sporangial sori attached to surface, 82 μm in diameter and 193 μm in length (Fig. 4 D, inset). Holotype: — NOU 201665 [IRD 11176, CP 15166]. Saint Vincent. 26 April 2015. Collected by C. Payri. Type locality: — Wallibou (13.333, 61.221617), Saint Vincent, Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles, West Indies. Distribution: — Guadeloupe (Shultz et al. 2015), Malaysia (Vieira et al. 2016), Curacao, Saint Vincent (Vieira et al. 2020), Singapore (this study). Habitat: — Intertidal and reef crest (3 – 4 m depth). Attached to hard substratum growing with mixed turf algal assemblages, and also found strongly adherent on intertidal seawalls.	en	Kwan, Valerie, Yip, Zhi Ting, Fong, Jenny, Huang, Danwei (2021): Diversity and phylogeny of the brown alga Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) in Singapore. Phytotaxa 496 (3): 215-227, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.496.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.496.3.1
039E82208244FFC17FAA2F4EAFD7FBDF.taxon	description	Description: — Thallus large and flabellate with two distinct morphotypes. First morphotype (LOBO 22, LOBO 24, LOBO 26, LOBO 33, LOBO 42) thallus exhibits decumbent growth form (Fig. 4 G). Base of thallus narrow, growing with basal parts attached to substrate and distal parts curving upwards. Margin entire. Thallus 3 cm wide and 2.7 cm tall, dark brown. Thallus 141 – 214 μm thick, composed of a single layer of medulla cells, 2 – 3 layers of dorsal cortical cells, and 2 – 4 layers of ventral cortical cells (Fig. 4 H and 4 I). Medulla cells 34 – 148 μm wide and 43 – 93 μm thick. Dorsal and ventral cortical cell layers 37 – 81 μm and 38 – 81 μm thick respectively. Second morphotype (LOBO 08, LOBO 23, LOBO 27, LOBO 31, LOBO 39, LOBO 43) thallus exhibits crustose growth form (Fig. 4 G, inset). Base of thallus narrow, strongly attached to the substratum. Margin entire. Thallus 2 cm wide and 2 cm tall, orange to reddish brown. Thallus 179 – 305 μm thick, composed of a single layer of medulla cells, 2 – 3 layers of dorsal cortical cells, and 2 – 4 layers of ventral cortical cells. Medulla cells 92 – 204 μm wide and 71 – 133 μm thick. Dorsal and ventral cortical cell layers 51 – 87 μm and 179 – 305 μm thick respectively. Holotype: — SAP 109519. Sunayama Beach, Miyakojima Island, Okinawa, Japan. 9 May 2009. Collected by J. Tanaka & Z. Sun. Distribution: — China, Malaysia, Japan (Sun et al. 2012), New Caledonia (Vieira et al. 2014), Taiwan, Vanuatu, (Vieira et al. 2016), Singapore (this study). Habitat: — Reef flat (1 – 2 m depth) and reef crest (3 – 4 m depth). Commonly growing on hard substratum and coral rubble, sometimes epiphytically on coralline algae.	en	Kwan, Valerie, Yip, Zhi Ting, Fong, Jenny, Huang, Danwei (2021): Diversity and phylogeny of the brown alga Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) in Singapore. Phytotaxa 496 (3): 215-227, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.496.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.496.3.1
