Chondrophycus capituliformis (Yamada) Garbary & J.T.Harper 1994
Publication Details
Chondrophycus capituliformis (Yamada) Garbary & J.T.Harper 1994: 194
Published in: Garbary, D.J. & Harper, J.T. (1998). A phylogenetic analysis of the Laurencia complex (Rhodomelaceae) of the red algae. Cryptogamie Algologie 19: 185-200.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chondrophycus is Chondrophycus cartilagineus (Yamada) Garbary & J.T.Harper.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Palisada capituliformis (Yamada) K.W.Nam.
Source of Synonymy
Nam, K.W. (2007). Validation of the generic name Palisada (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Algae (The Korean Journal of Phycology) 22(2): 53-55, 1 table.
Basionym
Laurencia capituliformis Yamada
Type Information
Type locality: Oshima, Aomori Prefecture, Japan; Type: SAP; 13880 (Yoshida 1998: 1031)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 June 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 December 2008
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Nomenclatural note
This genus is treated as masculine according to the proposal to add -phycus to the two exceptions (-anthus and -chilus) in Art. 62.2 of I.C.B.N., accepted during the XVI International Botanical Congress (St. Louis, Missouri, 26-30 July 1999) (Furnari et al., 1999, citing Barrie & Greuter, 1999). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 December 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 July 2025
