Rhodenigma contortum J.A.West, Verbruggen & Loiseaux-de Goër 2016
Publication Details
Rhodenigma contortum J.A.West, Verbruggen & Loiseaux-de Goër 2016: 399, figs 2, 3
Published in: West, J.A., Zuccarello, G.C., Loiseaux de Goër, S., Stavrias, L.A. & Verbruggen. H. (2016). Rhodenigma contortum, an obscure new genus and species of Rhodogorgonales (Rhodophyta) from Western Australia. Journal of Phycology 52(3): 397-403, 3 figs.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodenigma.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "Strain JAW4846, collected in Coral Bay, WA." [Western Australia, Australia]; (West & al. 2016: 399) Notes: "The holotype specimen is deposited in the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, National Herbarium of Victoria, Australia (MEL 2389688). The culture from which the holotype derives (JAW4846) has been accessioned (CCMP3453) by the Provasoli- Guillard National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA), Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, P.O. Box 380, 60 Bigelow Drive, East Boothbay, ME 04544, USA. Isotypus – Isotype specimens are also deposited in the University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH 701679) and University/Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley (UC 2050600)."
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), contorted, literally, ‘powerful, vehement, involved’. (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 08 June 2016 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 January 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 January 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
