Neoptilota hypnoides (Harvey) Kylin ex I.A.Abbott & Hollenberg 1976

Publication Details
Neoptilota hypnoides (Harvey) Kylin ex I.A.Abbott & Hollenberg 1976: 623

Published in: Hollenberg, G.J. & Abbott, I.A. (1966). Supplement to Smith's marine algae of the Monterey Peninsula. pp. [i]-ix [xii], [1]-130, 53 figs. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Neoptilota is Neoptilota californica (Ruprecht ex Harvey) Kylin.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ptilota hypnoides Harvey.

Source of Synonymy
Bruce, M.G. & Saunders, G.W. (2016). A molecular-assisted investigation of diversity, biogeography and phylogenetic relationships for species of Neoptilota and Ptilota (Wrangeliaceae, Rhodophyta) reported along Canadian coasts. Phycologia 56(1): 36-53.

Basionym
Ptilota hypnoides Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: California [probably Monterey Bay] (38.30718, -120,98145); (Harvey 1833: 163) Lectotype: TCD; 0012370 (Bruce & Saunders 2016 '2017': 45)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling the mosses, specifically the genus Hypnum (Neal 1993).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 February 2017

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Nomenclatural notes
1976: 623 (INA). - (07 February 2017) - G.M. Guiry
Previously appearing at Kylin 1956, Gatt. Rhodophyc.: 393, but it was invalid: place of publication not cited. (See INA) - (13 July 2022) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 April 2025

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