Melanothamnus forfex (Harvey) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs 2017

Publication Details
Melanothamnus forfex (Harvey) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs 2017: 7

Published in: Díaz-Tapia, P., McIvor, L., Freshwater, D.W., Verbruggen, H., Wynne, M.J. & Maggs, C.A. (2017). The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology 52(1): 1-20, 77 figs.

Publication date: February 2017

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melanothamnus is Melanothamnus somalensis Bornet & Falkenberg.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Polysiphonia forfex Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: Rottnest Island, Western Australia; (Harvey 1859: pl. 96) Lectotype: on Posidonia; TCD; [herb. Harvey 15353-4] (Womersley 1979: 495) Notes: Listed by Womersley (1979: 495) as "holotype" in Harvey's "Travelling Set No. 186 as P. forcipata". Islolectotype in BM (Womersley 1979: 495)..

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 02 February 2017 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 February 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024

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