Ganonema pinnatum (Harvey) Huisman 2002

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Florideophyceae
Subclass Nemaliophycidae
Order Nemaliales
Family Liagoraceae
Genus Ganonema

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Hawaii; scale is 5 mm. 01 Jul 2011. J.M. Huisman. © J.M. Huisman.

Scott Reef, Western Australia. 25 May 2011. John Huisman. © John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au).

Ganonema pinnatum (Harvey) Huisman Scott Reef, Western Australia
© John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)

Publication details
Ganonema pinnatum (Harvey) Huisman 2002: 828, figs 125, 126, 128-130

Published in: Huisman, J.M. (2002). The type and Australian species of the red algal genera Liagora and Ganonema (Liagoraceae, Nemaliales). Australian Systematic Botany 15: 773-838.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ganonema is Ganonema farinosum (J.V.Lamouroux) K.-C.Fan & Y.-C.Wang.

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

Basionym
Liagora pinnata Harvey

Type information
Type locality: Sand Key, Florida, USA (Silva & al. 1996: 126). Lectotype: TCD Herb. Harvey (Huisman, Abbott & Sherwood 2004: 302, fig. 125). Notes: According to Huisman (2002: 828), Harvey (1853) did not indicate a holotype. Two specimens are included in the type collection, of which only one is labelled 'Liagora pinnata' in Harveys's hand. This specimen is shown in Fig. 125 (Huisman, 2002) and is designated as the lectotype.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), with leaflets arranged on each side of a common petiole.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Liagora pinnata Harvey 1853

General environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Apparently widespread in tropical regions (Huisman 2006: 44).

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Key references
Dawes, C.J. & Mathieson, A.C. (2008). The seaweeds of Florida. pp. [i]- viii, [1]-591, [592], pls I-LI. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida.

Huisman, J.M. (2006). Liagoraceae. In: Algae of Australia Nemaliales. (Huisman, J.M. Eds), pp. 29-30. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study.

Huisman, J.M., Abbott, I.A. & Sherwood, A.R. (2004). The Liagoraceae (Nemaliales, Rhodophyta) of the Hawaiian Islands III: the genus Ganonema, with a description of G. yoshizakii sp. nov.. Phycologia 43: 296-310.

Huisman, J.M., Abbott, I.A., Smith, C.M. (2007). Hawaiian reef plants. pp. [1]-264, numerous colour photographs. Honolulu: A publication of the University of Hawai'i Sea Grant College Program.

Suárez, A.M., Martínez-Daranas, B. & Alfonso, Y. (2015). Macroalgas marinas de Cuba. pp. [1]-264, 229 figs. La Habana [Havana]: UH [Universidad de La Habana] Editorial.

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