Petalonia fascia var. zosterifolia (Reinke) W.R.Taylor 1937
Current name:
Planosiphon zosterifolius (Reinke) McDevit & G.W.Saunders
Petalonia zosterifolia, over Ralfsia verrucosa, Ría de A. Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2013, Ignacio BárbaraIgnacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Petalonia fascia var. zosterifolia (Reinke) W.R.Taylor 1937: 230
Published in: Taylor, W.R. (1937). Notes on North Atlantic marine algae. I. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science 22: 225-233.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Petalonia is Petalonia debilis (Kützing) Derbès & Solier.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Planosiphon zosterifolius (Reinke) McDevit & G.W.Saunders.
Basionym
Phyllitis zosterifolia Reinke
Type Information
Syntype localities: "Skagerrack. Englische Küste. Cherbourg" [Skagerrak, England, France]; (Reinke 1889: 61) Notes: According to McDevitt & Saunders (2017: 659) the type locality is "Kieler Hafen, Germany". However, Reinke (1889: 61) considered his species as a "nomen novum" for "Phyllitis Fascia Le Jolis Liste pag. 68; Phyllitis Fascia Le Jolis Exsicc. No. 175; Phyllitis Fascia Rabenh. Exsicc. No. 1514; Phyllitis Fascia Holmes Exsicc. No. 43. Ilea Fascia Arksch. Exsicc. No. 96, das Exemplar mit ganz schmalem Thallus." Accordingly, these are all syntypes and a lectotype should be selected from amongst Reinke's copies of these exsiccatae, presumably at Kiel. Reinke (1889: 61) mentions populations on "... stones and stakes of the litoral region, much rarer than before ... Kiel Harbour at Moltenort!" from which a type could be selected if materials have survived.
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), a bundle or band (Mathieson & Dawes 2017).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 August 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 May 2019
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 May 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
