Porphyra leucosticta Thuret 1863

Pyropia leucosticta (Thuret) Neefus & J.Brodie

Current name: Pyropia leucosticta (Thuret) Neefus & J.Brodie
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; on Fucus - 22 April 2012. M.D. Guiry (michael.guiry@algaebase.org)

Publication Details
Porphyra leucosticta Thuret 1863: 100

Published in: Le Jolis, A. (1863). Liste des algues marines de Cherbourg. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 10: 5-168, pls I-IV.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Porphyra is Porphyra purpurea (Roth) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pyropia leucosticta (Thuret) Neefus & J.Brodie.

Type Information
Type locality: Rochers des Flamandes, Cherbourg, France; (Brodie & Irvine 2003: 120) Type: Thuret; 28 February 1857; PC; (Brodie & Irvine 2003: 120) Notes: Isotypes in CHE (Brodie & Irvine, 2003: 120).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Delicate membranous monostromatic reddish-brown fronds, becoming pink on drying, to 150 mm long, with very short stipe from basal holdfast.

Habitat
Usually epiphytic on larger algae, mid-intertidaltidal to shallow subtidal, spring to autumn, widely distributed, common.

Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 20 April 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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