Phyllophora pseudoceranoïdes (S.G.Gmelin) Newroth & A.R.A.Taylor ex P.S.Dixon & L.M.Irvine 1977

Current name: Phyllophora pseudoceranoïdes (S.G.Gmelin) Newroth & A.R.A.Taylor ex P.S.Dixon & L.M.Irvine
Silver Strand, Galway Bay, Ireland; lower-shore rock-pools - 05 April 2012. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Phyllophora pseudoceranoïdes (S.G.Gmelin) Newroth & A.R.A.Taylor ex P.S.Dixon & L.M.Irvine 1977: 223

Published in: Newroth, P.R. & Taylor, A.R.A. (1971). The nomenclature of the North Atlantic species of Phyllophora Greville. Phycologia 10: 93-97.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Phyllophora is Phyllophora rubens (Linnaeus) Greville.

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

Basionym
Fucus pseudoceranoïdes S.G.Gmelin

Type Information
Type locality: England; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 223) Lectotype: BM-SL; (Newroth & Taylor 1971: 95, fig 3) Notes: See also Dixon & Irvine (1977: 223).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Cartilaginous, purplish or reddish-brown fronds, to 100 mm high, with narrow, cylindrical, irregularly dichotomously branched stipes arising from small discoid holdfasts and expanding into flat fan-shaped laminae.

Habitat
Shady sides of pools in lower intertidal and on rock subtidally. Widely distributed, frequent.

Similar Species
Phyllophora sicula, rasre on southern and western coasts occurs on rock in the extreme lower intertidal in Ireland and England; its fronds are less divided and arise in clusters from a thin, expanded, discoid base frequently buried in sand.

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

Last updated: 17 February 2020

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Nomenclatural note
Combination introduced in Newroth & A.R.A.Taylor (1971: 95) is invalid (INA) as the page number is not cited: after 1 Jan 1953, a full and direct reference is required to the author and place of valid publication of the intended basionym, with page or plate reference and date (ICN Art. 41.5). - (07 February 2017) - M.D. Guiry

Habitat note
Epilithic, in pools in the lower littoral, sublittoral to 12 m (Dixon & Irvine 1977). - (17 May 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 February 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2025