Nothogenia erinacea (Turner) P.G.Parkinson
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Nemaliophycidae
Order Nemaliales
Family Scinaiaceae
Genus Nothogenia
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Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; mid-intertidal rock. 21 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; mid-intertidal rock. 21 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; mid-intertidal rock. 21 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; on rock. 21 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; intertidal rock. 20 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Publication details
Nothogenia erinacea (Turner) P.G.Parkinson 1983: 609
Original publication: Parkinson, P.G. (1983). The typification and status of the name Chaetangium (Algae). Taxon 32: 605-610.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nothogenia is Nothogenia variolosa (Montagne) Montagne.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Fucus erinaceus Turner
Type information
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 112).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus erinaceus Turner 1807
Iridaea erinacea (Turner) Bory 1834
Chaetangium erinaceum (Turner) Papenfuss 1952
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Chaetangium magnificum R.K.F.Pilger 1908
Nothogenia magnifica (R.K.F.Pilger) J.H.Price 1986
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Nothogenia erinacea (Turner) P.G.Parkinson)
Africa: Namibia (Rull Lluch 2002, John et al. 2004), South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Stegenga, Bolton & Anderson 1997).
Taxonomic notes
According to Silva et al. (1996), the name Chaetangium ornatum has been misapplied to this species by Areschoug (1854b: 353)
(fide Papenfuss (1952: 173))
Key references
Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, pls 1-266 (colour photographs). Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Nothogenia&species=erinacea
SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Nothogenia&Species=erinacea
Created: 29 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 23 August 2008 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1204 times since it was created.
References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Anderson, R.J. & Stegenga, H. (1985). A crustose tetrasporophyte in the life history of Nothogenia erinacea (Turner) Parkinson (Galaxauraceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 24: 111-118, 16 figs.
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:75870
