Melanothamnus japonicus (Harvey) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs 2017
Current name:
Melanothamnus japonicus (Harvey) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs
1. Habit. 2. Fragment with cystocarps. 3. Plants epiphytic on Chorda filum, cast ashore (Qingdao Сity, the Yellow Sea, China), October 2008.E.A.Titlyanov et al.
Publication Details
Melanothamnus japonicus (Harvey) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs 2017: 8
Published in: Díaz-Tapia, P., McIvor, L., Freshwater, D.W., Verbruggen, H., Wynne, M.J. & Maggs, C.A. (2017). The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology 52(1): 1-20, 77 figs.
Publication date: February 2017
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melanothamnus is Melanothamnus somalensis Bornet & Falkenberg.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Polysiphonia japonica Harvey
Type Information
Type locality: Hakodate; (Masuda & al. 1995: 198) Lectotype: Dr J. Morrow; May 1854; TCD; (Masuda & al. 1995: 198, fig. 28) Notes: TCD 11905 (Díaz-Tapia, 2017).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 02 February 2017 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 April 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 April 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
