Synarthrophyton eckloniae (Foslie) Keats & Y.M.Chamberlain 1997

Publication Details
Synarthrophyton eckloniae (Foslie) Keats & Y.M.Chamberlain 1997: 56

Published in: Keats, D.W. & Chamberlain, Y.M. (1997). The non-geniculate coralline algae Synarthrophyton eckloniae (Foslie) comb. nov., and S. magellanicum (Foslie) comb. nov. (Rhodophyta) in South Africa including a comparison with relevant types. European Journal of Phycology 32: 55-79.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Synarthrophyton is Synarthrophyton patena (Hooker f. & Harvey) R.A.Townsend.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Orthocarpa eckloniae (Foslie) Athanasiadis & D.L.Ballantine.

Basionym
Lithothamnion capense f. eckloniae Foslie

Type Information
Type locality: Houtbaai, Kap d. g. haab [= Hout BAi, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Province, South Africa]; (Foslie 1902: 3) Holotype: Weber-van Bosse; 'paa [= on] Ecklonia'; TRH; B2-1685 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 239)

Origin of Species Name
, resembling, or growing on or in species of the genus Ecklonia

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 26 February 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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