Pyropia saldanhae (Stegenga, J.J.Bolton & R.J.Anderson) J.E.Sutherland 2011
Current name:
Pyropia saldanhae (Stegenga, J.J.Bolton & R.J.Anderson) J.E.Sutherland
Low intertidal, Scarbourgh, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; hotographed under-water, showing distinctive ruffled edge of the thallus margin. Collected from the lower to mid intertidal. Typically grows epilithic but may also grow the on the invasive mussel, - 02 April 2017. M.M.Reddy
Publication Details
Pyropia saldanhae (Stegenga, J.J.Bolton & R.J.Anderson) J.E.Sutherland 2011: 1145
Published in: Sutherland, J.E., Lindstrom, S.C., Nelson, W.A., Brodie, J., Lynch, M.D., Hwang, M.S., Choi, H.-G., Miyata, M., Kikuchi, N., Oliveira, M.C., Farr, T., Neefus, C., Mols-Mortensen, A. Milstein, D. & Müller, K.M. (2011). A new look at an ancient order: generic revision of the Bangiales (Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 47(5): 1131-1151.
Request PDFPublication date: 2011
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pyropia is Pyropia californica J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Porphyra saldanhae Stegenga, Bolton & R.J.Anderson
Type Information
Type locality: Yzerfontein, Cape Province, South Africa; (Stegenga, Bolton & Anderson 1997: 227) Type: J.J. Bolton & H. Stegenga; epilithic in the lower intertidal; BOL; Stegenga Sa 2098 (Stegenga, Bolton & Anderson 1997: 227) Notes: Isotype: slide Stegenga 1039 (BOL)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 January 2012 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 June 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 June 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2025
