Ganonema farinosum (J.V.Lamouroux) K.-C.Fan & Y.-C.Wang 1974
Current name:
Ganonema farinosum (J.V.Lamouroux) K.-C.Fan & Y.-C.Wang
Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia.John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)
Publication Details
Ganonema farinosum (J.V.Lamouroux) K.-C.Fan & Y.-C.Wang 1974: 492, pl. 1 (as 'farinosa')
Published in: Fan, K.-C. & Wang, Y.-C. (1974). Studies on the marine algae of Hsisha Islands, China I. Ganonema gen. nov. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 12(4): 489-495, 2 pls. [in Chinese and Latin with English summary]
Publication date: "Oct. 1974"
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Ganonema.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Liagora farinosa J.V.Lamouroux
Type Information
Type locality: "Aux environs de Suez , dans la Mer rouge. Ded. Delile." [Suez, Red Sea, Egypt]; (Lamouroux 1816: 240) Lectotype: CN; (Yoshida 1998: 511) Notes: Dawson (1953: 43) incorrectly cites type locality as Haha-zima and Titi-zima, Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Type was illustrated by Abbott (Cryptogamie, Algologie, 11: fig. 23).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), mealy, covered with farina (flour-like, powdery covering) (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
Found in tropical to warm-temperate seas worldwide (Huisman 2006: 43).
Created: 29 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 October 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 October 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024