Pterocladia melanoidea (Schousboe ex Bornet) E.Y.Dawson 1962
Current name:
Pterocladiella melanoidea (Schousboe ex Bornet) Santelices & Hommersand
microscope, TS frond; South of Spain, Tarifa, 2007Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Pterocladia melanoidea (Schousboe ex Bornet) E.Y.Dawson 1962
Published in: Dawson, E.Y. (1962). Additions to the marine flora of Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Pacific Naturalist 3(13): 375-395, 5 plates.
Request PDFPublication date: 1962
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pterocladia is Pterocladia lucida (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pterocladiella melanoidea (Schousboe ex Bornet) Santelices & Hommersand.
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: 14 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 November 2015
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 November 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
