Leptophytum lamellicola Athanasiadis & W.H.Adey 2006
Publication Details
Leptophytum lamellicola Athanasiadis & W.H.Adey 2006: 81, figs 28-58
Published in: Athanasiadis, A. & Adey, W.H. (2006). The genus Leptophytum (Melobesioideae, Corallinales, Rhodophyta) on the Pacific coast of North America. Phycologia 45: 71-115.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Leptophytum is Leptophytum laeve W.H.Adey.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Type Information
Type locality: Pyramid Point, Monterey County, California; (Athanasiadis & Adey 2006: 85) Holotype: M.B. Nichols; December 1906; Growing together with a few specimens/fragments of Mesophyllum lamellatum (Setchell & Foslie) Adey; UC; 745618 (Athanasiadis & Adey 2006: 85) Notes: Holotype: tetrasporophyte (Nichols 131). Isotypes: UC (745618; Nichols 131); GB (unnumbered); Nichols 131); Herb. Athanas. (Nichols 131). Isotypes include tetrasporangial and gametangial specimens/fragments.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 April 2006 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 22 September 2015
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Paul Gabrielson in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 September 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
