Chamberlainium impar (Foslie) Puckree-Padua, P.W.Gabrielson & Maneveldt 2020

Publication Details
Chamberlainium impar (Foslie) Puckree-Padua, P.W.Gabrielson & Maneveldt 2020: 473, figs 6, 22-41

Published in: Puckree-Padua, C.A., Haywood, A., Gabrielson, P.W. & Maneveldt, G.W. (2020). Reassignment of some South African species to Chamberlainium, with a comment about the recognition of families of Corallinales (Rhodophyta). Phycologia 59(6): 464-496.

Publication date: published online 25 August 2020

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chamberlainium is Chamberlainium tumidum (Foslie) Caragnano, Foetisch, Maneveldt & Payri.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Lithophyllum impar Foslie

Type Information
Holotype locality: Natal or between Natal and the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa; (Chamberlain 1994: 153) Holotype: A. Weber-van Bosse; 1893; TRH; A3-146 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 40) Notes: Chamberlain (1994: 153) notes that as indicated on the specimens, there is some doubt as to whether Mme Weber van Bosse collected this material in Natal or Cape Province; the species has never subsequently been observed in Natal, and it is more likely to have been the latter. Holotype sequenced: GenBank Accession MN882574.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 01 March 2021 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 19 March 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 March 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 July 2025