Lobophora abscondita C.W.Vieira, Payri & De Clerck 2014

Publication Details
Lobophora abscondita C.W.Vieira, Payri & De Clerck 2014: 1109, table 2, figs 8d, 9d

Published in: Vieira, C., D'Hondt, S., De Clerck, O. & Payri, C.E. (2014). Toward an inordinate fondness for stars, beetles and Lobophora? species diversity of the genus Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) in New Caledonia. Journal of Phycology 50(6): 1101-1119.

Publication date: 2014

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lobophora is Lobophora nigrescens J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Bovis, Noumea, South Province, New Caledonia; (Vieira et al. 2014: 1109: table 2) Holotype: C.W.Vieira; March 7, 2012; found growing abundantly on dead coral branches and bedrock down to -5 m; (Vieira et al. 2014: 1109: table 2) Notes: Holotype: IRD10198.

Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), hidden, concealed, cryptic (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 January 2015 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 July 2019

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Habitat note
subtidal; high level of intertidal zone on bedrock covered by a fine layer of sand (Vieira et al., 2014). - (19 January 2015) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 July 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 May 2025