Pneophyllum coronatum (Rosanoff) Penrose 1994
Publication Details
Pneophyllum coronatum (Rosanoff) Penrose 1994: 141
Published in: Chamberlain, Y.M. (1994). Pneophyllum coronatum (Rosanoff) D. Penrose comb. nov., P. keatsii sp. nov., Spongites discoideus (Foslie) D. Penrose et Woelkerling and S. impar (Foslie) Y. Chamberlain comb. nov. (Rhodophyta, Corallinaceae) from South Africa. Phycologia 33: 141-157, 63 figs, 1 table.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pneophyllum is Pneophyllum fragile Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Melobesia coronata Rosanoff
Type Information
Type locality: Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia; (Wilks & Woelkerling 1991: 527) Holotype: Anon.; no date; On Pollexfenia [=Jeannerettia]; CN; (Chamberlain 1994: 141)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), crowned (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
On sublittoral holdfasts of Ecklonia maxima (Chamberlain 1994: 143). Commonly grows intermixed with P. fragile on various algae and on the seagrass Amphibolis antarctica (Penrose 1990).
Created: 01 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 March 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024
