Ahnfeltiopsis fastigiata J.A.Lewis & Womersley 1994

Current name: Ahnfeltiopsis fastigiata J.A.Lewis & Womersley
Ahnfeltiopsis fastigiata? Cressy Beach, Tasmania, Australia - 03 November 2009. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Ahnfeltiopsis fastigiata J.A.Lewis & Womersley 1994: 265, 266, fig. 84 A, B

Published in: Lewis, J.A. & Womersley, H.B.S. (1994). Family Phyllophoraceae Nägeli 1847: 248. In: The marine benthic flora of Southern Australia. Part III A. (Womersley, H.B.S. Eds), pp. 259-270. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study.

Publication date: 1994

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ahnfeltiopsis is Ahnfeltiopsis linearis (C.Agardh) P.C.Silva & DeCew.

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

Type Information
Holotype (of Gymnongongrus fastigiatus Harvey, nom. illeg.) locality: "(Great) Foresters R., N coast Tas. (Gunn)" [Tasmania]; (Lewis & Womersley 1994: 265) Lectotype (designated by Lewis & Womersley 1994: 265): R. Gunn; TCD; Herb. Harvey (Lewis & Womersley 1994: 265)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), fastigiate, with branches clustered, parallel and erect, giving a narrow elongated habit (occasionally meaning branched reaching to the same height) (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 08 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 February 2023

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Nomenclatural note
Gymnogongrus fastigiatus Harvey 1859 is illegitimate [a later homonym of Gymnogongrus fastigiatus (Endlicher) Ruprecht 1850] and cannot serve as a basionym; in accordance with ICN Art. 58.1, a new name was proposed with reuse of the specific epithet by Lewis & Womersley (1994: 265). - (30 June 2009) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2025