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Phyllophora sicula (Kützing) Guiry & L.M.Irvine 1976

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae
Order Gigartinales
Family Phyllophoraceae
Genus Phyllophora

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Finavarra, Co. Clare, Ireland. 20 May 2016. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry.

North of Galicia, Spain, 2012. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

North of Spain, 2009. 24 Oct 2011. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

Lourido, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2008. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

microscope, Lourido, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2008; TS thallus. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).

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Phyllophora sicula (Kützing) Guiry & L.M.Irvine upper subtidal, Costa da Morte, Galicia, Spain, 2008
© Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication details
Phyllophora sicula (Kützing) Guiry & L.M.Irvine 1976: 284

Published in: Guiry, M.D. & Irvine, L.M. (1976). A first record of the red alga Phyllophora sicula (Kützing) comb. nov. (P. palmettoides J. Agardh) from Ireland. Irish Naturalists' Journal 18: 284.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Phyllophora is Phyllophora rubens (Linnaeus) Greville.

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

Basionym
Phyllotylus siculus Kützing

Type information
Type locality: Sicily, Italy (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 225). Lectotype: L 941.183.58 (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 225). Notes: See also Guiry & Irvine (1976: 284).

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), of Sicily (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Phyllotylus siculus Kützing 1847

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Coccotylus brodiei var. simplex (Greville) Ruprecht
Fucus membranifolius var. roseus Turner 1809
Chondrus brodiei var. simplex Greville 1830
Phyllophora palmettoides J.Agardh 1849
Phyllotylus palmettoides (J.Agardh) Thuret 1863
Gymnogongrus palmettoides (J.Agardh) Ardissone 1893

General environment
This is a marine species.

Common names

(as Phyllophora sicula (Kützing) Guiry & L.M.Irvine)
English: Hand Leaf Bearer (Bunker & al. 2010).

Detailed distribution with sources (Click to Load)

Key references
Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, pls 1-266 (colour photographs). Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag.

Dixon, P.S. & Irvine, L.M. (1977). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 1. Introduction, Nemaliales, Gigartinales. pp. [i]-xi, [1]-252, 90 figs. London: British Museum (Natural History).

Klein, J.C. & Verlaque, M. (2011). Macroalgae newly recorded, rare or introduced to the French Mediterranean coast. Cryptogamie Algologie 32(2): 111-130.

Sánchez, I., Fernández, C. & Arrontes, J. (2005). Long-term changes in the structure of intertidal assemblages following invasion by Sargassum muticum (Phaeophyta). Journal of Phycology 41: 942-949.

Created: 13 May 1996 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 20 September 2012 by Wendy Guiry

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References
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Guiry, M.D. & Irvine, L.M. (1976). A first record of the red alga Phyllophora sicula (Kützing) comb. nov. (P. palmettoides J. Agardh) from Ireland. Irish Naturalists' Journal 18: 284.

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Wendy Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 February 2021.

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