Lomentaria benahoarensis Afonso-Carrillo, Sangil & Sansón 2009
Publication Details
Lomentaria benahoarensis Afonso-Carrillo, Sangil & Sansón 2009: 238, figs 2-23
Published in: Afonso-Carrillo, J., Sangil, C. & Sansón, M. (2009). Lomentaria benahoarensis (Lomentariaceae, Rhodophyta), a diminutive epiphytic new species from La Palma, Canary Islands (eastern Atlantic Ocean). Botanica Marina 52(3): 236-247, 23 figs, 2 tables.
Publication date: June 2009
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lomentaria is Lomentaria articulata (Hudson) Lyngbye.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: La Salemera, La Palma, Canary Islands; (Afonso-Carrillo, Sangil & Sansón 2009: 239) Holotype: female gametophyte (fig. 4): C. Sangil; 3 April 2004; Lower eulittoral; TFC; Phyc 13340 (Afonso-Carrillo, Sangil & Sansón 2009: 239) Notes: Phyc 13340 is the number given in the text but in the legend to fig. 4 the number cited is Phyc 14340. Isotypes: TFC Phyc 13099, sterile, male and female gametophytes; TFC Phyc 14338, sterile; TFC Phyc 14339 and 14341, female gametophytes; TFC Phyc 14342, male gametophyte; TFC Phyc 14343, tetrasporophyte.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 18 March 2010 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 09 February 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
