Polyopes tasmanicus (Womersley & J.A.Lewis) Kawaguchi & J.A.Lewis 2002

Publication Details
Polyopes tasmanicus (Womersley & J.A.Lewis) Kawaguchi & J.A.Lewis 2002: 634

Published in: Kawaguchi, S., Wang, H.-W., Horiguchi, T., Lewis, J.A. & Masuda, M. (2002). Rejection of Sinkoraena and transfer of some species of Carpopeltis and Sinkoraena to Polyopes (Rhodophyta, Halymeniaceae). Phycologia 41: 619-635.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Polyopes is Polyopes constrictus (Turner) J.Agardh.

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

Basionym
Grateloupia tasmanica Womersley & J.A.Lewis

Type Information
Type locality: "Taroona, Tas." [Tasmania]; (Womersley & Lewis 1994: 202) Holotype: [J. Craig?] Sanderson; 24 November 1991; low eulittoral; AD; A61532 (Womersley & Lewis 1994: 202) Notes: Womersley (1994: 202) notes that there is an isotype in AD.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 21 January 2003 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 January 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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