Pterocladiella melanoidea (Schousboe ex Bornet) Santelices & Hommersand 1997

Publication Details
Pterocladiella melanoidea (Schousboe ex Bornet) Santelices & Hommersand 1997: 118

Published in: Santelices, B. & Hommersand, M. (1997). Pterocladiella, a new genus in the Gelidiaceae (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 36: 114-119.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pterocladiella is Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand.

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

Basionym
Gelidium melanoideum Schousboe ex Bornet

Type Information
Type locality: Tangier, Morocco; (Bornet 1892: 269) Notes: Alg. Schousb. nos 376, 377

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 29 July 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 June 2018

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Habitat note
sand-covered rocks; on vertical rocks that are buried by sand for long periods; low intertidal, in highly wave-exposed sites (Diaz-Tapia & Bárbara, 20140). - (01 August 2014) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 June 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 May 2025

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