Chondrophycus papillosus (C.Agardh) Garbary & J. T. Harper 1998

Current name: Palisada perforata (Bory) K.W.Nam
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Publication Details
Chondrophycus papillosus (C.Agardh) Garbary & J. T. Harper 1998: 195

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.

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Type 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 perforata (Bory) K.W.Nam.

Source of Synonymy
Cassano, V., Díaz-Larrea, J., Sentíes, A., Oliveira, M.C., Gil-Rodríguez, M.C. & Fujii, M.T. (2009). Evidence for the conspecificity of Palisada papillosa with P. perforata (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) from the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean on the basis of morphological and molecular analyses. Phycologia 48(2): 86-100, 30 figs, 2 tables.

Basionym
Chondria papillosa C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Al Mukha, Yemen, southern Red Sea; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 35) Type: P. Forsskål; C; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 35)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), papillate, covered with papillae (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 December 2024

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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

Habitat note
Widespread in warm and temperate seas. Occupying wide areas on rock flats, in the uppermost parts of the subtidal and the infralittoral fringe of the intertidal zone (Lipkin 1987). Penetrating lower midlittoral zone, exposed during low water of every spring tide; rock flat, 50-60 cm below lowest tidal level (Lipkin & Silva 2002). - (09 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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Francisco F. Pedroche in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 December 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 May 2025