Titanoderma pustulatum var. macrocarpum (Rosanoff) Y.M.Chamberlain 1991
Publication Details
Titanoderma pustulatum var. macrocarpum (Rosanoff) Y.M.Chamberlain 1991: 33
Published in: Chamberlain, Y.M. (1991). Historical and taxonomic studies in the genus Titanoderma (Rhodophyta, Corallinales) in the British Isles. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany 21: 1-80, 247 figs, 3 tables.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Titanoderma is Titanoderma pustulatum (J.V.Lamouroux) Nägeli.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Titanoderma pustulatum (J.V.Lamouroux) Nägeli.
Basionym
Melobesia macrocarpa Rosanoff
Type Information
Type locality: Rochers des Flamands, Cherbourg, France; (Woelkerling 1998: 374) Lectotypes: collector not indicated; 19.iii.1863; CHE; Le Jolis' Algues Marines de Cherbourg, no. 276; designated by Chamberlain, 1986: 205 (Woelkerling 1998: 374) Notes: Isolectotypes: PC, Le Jolis' Algues Marines de Cherbourg no. 276, Thuret-Bornet Herbarium (algal fascicle 130, filed under Melobesia macrocarpa); PC, Le Jolis' Algues Marines de Cherbourg no. 276, General Herbarium (non-fossil; filed under non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet affixed to a herbarium sheet); L, 941.156-125 (see Woelkerling & Verheij, 1995: 63); TRH, Le Jolis' Algues Marines de Cherbourg no. 276, includes slide 574 (see Woelkerling, 1993: 140). Habitat: on Phyllophora crispa (Irvine & Chamberlain 1994: 108).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), having pustules (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 15 July 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 April 2009
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 April 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
