Melanothamnus maniticola Woodworth, Frankovich & Freshwater 2019

Publication Details
Melanothamnus maniticola Woodworth, Frankovich & Freshwater 2019: [4], fig. 2 A-L

Published in: Woodworth, K.A., Frankovich, T.A. & Freshwater, D.A. (2019). Melanthothamnus maniticola sp. nov. (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta): an epizoic species evolved for living on the West Indian Manatee. Journal of Phycology 55(6): 1239-1245 [1-7], 2 figs.

Publication date: "First published: 10 August 2019"

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.

Type Information
Type locality: "Key Largo, Florida, USA"; (Woodworth, Frankovich & Freshwater 2019: 1242 [4]) Holotype: T. Frankovich; 2 January 2019; epizoic on Trichechus manatus West Indian Manatee; WNC; 34157 (Woodworth, Frankovich & Freshwater 2019: 1242) Notes: Isotypes: WNC34158; WNC34159.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 11 September 2019 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 13 February 2020

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 February 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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