Phyllophora pristoides (Turner) Greville 1830
Current name:
Gelidium pristoides (Turner) Kützing
Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; mid-intertidal rock - 21 September 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Phyllophora pristoides (Turner) Greville 1830: 56
Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
Publication date: Feb.-March 1830
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Phyllophora is Phyllophora rubens (Linnaeus) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gelidium pristoides (Turner) Kützing.
Basionym
Fucus pristoides Turner
Type Information
Type locality: False Bay, Cape Province, South Africa; (Silva & al. 1996: 142) Type: Mr. Robertson; (Index Nominum Algarum)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 January 2001 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 September 2004
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 September 2004. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024