Cheilosporum acutilobum (Decaisne) Piccone 1886

Publication Details
Cheilosporum acutilobum (Decaisne) Piccone 1886: 66

Published in: Piccone, A. (1886). Alghe del viaggio di circumnavigazione della Vettor Pisani. pp. [1]-97, 2 pls. Genova [Genoa]: Tipografia del Reale Istituto Sordo-Muti.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cheilosporum is Cheilosporum sagittatum (J.V.Lamouroux) Areschoug.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Jania acutiloba (Decaisne) Ji H.Kim, Guiry & H.-G.Choi.

Source of Synonymy
Kim, J.H., Guiry, M.D., Oak, J.H., Choi, D.-S., Kang, S.-H., Chung, H. & Choi, H.-G. (2007). Phylogenetic relationships within the tribe Janieae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) based on molecular and morphological data: a reappraisal of Jania. Journal of Phycology 43: 1310-1319.

Basionym
Amphiroa acutiloba Decaisne

Type Information
Type locality: Mauritius; (Silva & al. 1996: 227) Type: PC; (Srimanobhas, Baba, Akioka, Masaki & Johansen 1990: 108) Notes: Isotype slide in UC (D-8, W.A. Setchell).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 01 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 31 August 2013

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Nomenclatural note
Børgesen (1950: 7) cites this species as Cheilosproum acutilobum Decaisne. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
Epilithic, or on mollusc shells, or epiphytic on non-corallinaceous algae, or crustose coralline algae in lower littoral and upper sublittoral areas subjected to fairly strong wave action (Srimanobhas et al. 1990). - (26 May 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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