Melanamansia glomerata (C.Agardh) R.E.Norris 1995

Current name: Amansia glomerata C.Agardh
Palau Islands, West PacificPalau International Coral Reef Center

Publication Details
Melanamansia glomerata (C.Agardh) R.E.Norris 1995: 65

Published in: Norris, R.E. (1995). Melanamansia glomerata, comb. nov., and Amansia rhodantha, two hitherto confused species of Indo-Pacific Rhodophyceae. Taxon 44: 65-68.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melanamansia is Melanamansia seagriefii R.E.Norris.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Amansia glomerata C.Agardh.

Basionym
Amansia glomerata C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Ad insulas Sandvich [Hawaiian Islands] & Ravak maris australis. Spccimina legit Gaudichaud, mihique communicavit. ; (Agardh 1822: 194) Lectotype: LD; herb. Alg. Agardh 42600 (Yoshida 1998: 1050) Notes: N’Yeurt (2002: 238) notes the herbarium number of this specimen as LD 42600/0772.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), clustered in a round mass.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 October 2015

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Taxonomic note
South & Skelton (2003: 737) cite this species as a synonym of Amansia glomerata C. Agardh 1824, but N'Yeurt (2002) assigned Amansia glomerata to the genus Melanamansia R.E. Norris 1988. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 October 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 May 2025