Gelidium melanoideum Schousboe ex Bornet 1892
Current name:
Pterocladiella melanoidea (Schousboe ex Bornet) Santelices & Hommersand
North of Portugal, 2007 - 09 December 2011. Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Gelidium melanoideum Schousboe ex Bornet 1892: 269
Published in: Bornet, E. (1892). Les algues de P.-K.-A. Schousboe. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles et Mathématiques de Cherbourg 28: 165-376, pls I-III.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pterocladiella melanoidea (Schousboe ex Bornet) Santelices & Hommersand.
Source of Synonymy
Santelices, B. & Hommersand, M. (1997). Pterocladiella, a new genus in the Gelidiaceae (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 36: 114-119.
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
Cite this record as:
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 24 July 2025
