Antithamnionella boergesenii (Cormaci & G.Furnari) Athanasiadis 1996

Publication Details
Antithamnionella boergesenii (Cormaci & G.Furnari) Athanasiadis 1996: 104, fig. 45 A-E

Published in: Athanasiadis, A. (1996). Morphology and classification of the Ceramioideae (Rhodophyta) based on phylogenetic principles. Opera Botanica 128: [1]-216, 108 figs.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Antithamnionella is Antithamnionella sarniensis Lyle.

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

Basionym
Antithamnionella elegans var. boergesenii Cormaci & G.Furnari

Type Information
Type locality: Gran Canaria: Bahia del Confital; (Cormaci & Furnari 1988: 345) Holotype (tetrasporophyte): Boergesen ; 25 March 1921; epiphytic on Gelidium latifolium (as Gelidium corneum); C; Algae marinae Canarienses n. 3867 (Cormaci & Furnari 1988: 345)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 21 June 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 November 2023

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Distributional notes
This species has been introduced into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 125), probably by shipping, being first found at Algiers, Algeria in 1937. - (04 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry
"We agree with Athanasiadis (1996: 104) who raised Antithamnionella elegans var. boergesenii Cormaci et Furnari, described by Cormaci & Furnari (1988b: 345), to the rank of species. It should be noted that, in agreement with Cormaci & Furnari (op. cit.), we refer to this species the thalli described and illustrated by Feldmann- Mazoyer (1941: 267, as Antithamnion elegans) showing branchlets in whorls of 3-4 (sometimes 5)." (Cormaci & al. 2023: 274). - (16 November 2023) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 April 2025