Rhodochorton penicilliforme (Kjellman) Rosenvinge 1894
Publication Details
Rhodochorton penicilliforme (Kjellman) Rosenvinge 1894: 66
Published in: Rosenvinge, L.K. (1894). Les algues marines du Groenland. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique Ser. 7, 19: 53-164.
Type Species
The type species (type conserved) of the genus Rhodochorton is Rhodochorton purpureum (Lightfoot) Rosenvinge.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Meiodiscus spetsbergensis (Kjellman) G.W.Saunders & McLachlan.
Source of Synonymy
Saunders, G.W. & McLachlan, J.L. (1991). Morphology and reproduction of Meiodiscus spetsbergensis (Kjellman) gen. et comb. nov., a new genus of Rhodophysemataceae (Rhodophyta). Phycologia 30: 272-286.
Basionym
Thamnidium mesocarpum f. penicilliforme Kjellman
Type Information
Type locality: Spitsbergen (in Chaetomorpha melagonium);
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), shaped like a pencil or an artist’s camel-hair brush (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 22 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 October 2016
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Taxonomic note
Garbary (1987: 136) lists this species as a currently accepted name. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Distributional note
also reported from the Norwegian Polar Sea, Spitzbergen, the Murman Sea, The Kara Sea, Greenland, the Faeroes and Denmark (Drew, 1928). - (08 August 2014) - G.M. Guiry
Habitat note
epizoic on Hydrellmenia distans, Sertularia tricuspidata, Abietinaria variabilis, A. turgida, at a depth of 6-10 fathoms (Drew, 1928). - (08 August 2014) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 October 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 May 2025
