Nitophyllum marmoratum J.J.Rodríguez y Femenías 1889
Publication Details
Nitophyllum marmoratum J.J.Rodríguez y Femenías 1889: 406, pl. IV [4]
Published in: Rodríguez, J.J. (1889). Datos algologicos. I. Dos especies nuevas del género Nitophyllum. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 18: 406-412, pls III, IV.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Nitophyllum is Nitophyllum punctatum (Stackhouse) Greville.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Type Information
Menorca, Balearic Islands;
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), mottled.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 18 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 December 2023
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Taxonomic note
"This species, collected at Menorca (the Balearic Islands, Spain) between 70 and 120 m depth, was described by Rodríguez y Femenías (1889a: 406, pl. IV/1-6) as showing a monostromatic laminar blade, 4-6 cm high, webbed-lobed, without median rib but provided with evident microscopic anastomosed veins, with small sori, scattered and convex, that is, protruding only on one face of the blade. Kylin (1924: 97) listed it among species inquirendae. Athanasiadis (2016: 1148) listed it among incertae sedis of Delesseriaceae. Both Wynne (2013: 138) and M.D. Guiry in Guiry & Guiry (2023) consider it as a taxonomiclly accepted species. But, in absence of additional data, we follow Kylin (op. cit.) and Gómez Garreta et al. (2001: 447 in considering that species a taxon inquirendum." (Cormaci & al. 2023: 483). - (06 December 2023) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 June 2025
