Phyllophora traillii Holmes ex Batters 1890

Publication Details
Phyllophora traillii Holmes ex Batters 1890: 334

Published in: Batters, E.A.L. (1890). A list of marine algae of Berwick-on-Tweed. History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 12: 221-392, pls VII-XI.

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

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Erythrodermis traillii (Holmes ex Batters) Guiry & Garbary.

Source of Synonymy
Guiry, M.D. & Garbary, D.J. (1990). A preliminary phylogenetic analysis of the Phyllophoraceae, Gigartinaceae and Petrocelidaceae (Rhodophyta) in the North Atlantic and the North Pacific. In: Evolutionary Biogeography of the Marine Algae of the North Atlantic. (Garbary, D.J. & South, G.R. Eds), pp. 265-290. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Type Information
Type locality: Berwick, Northumberland, England; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 226) Lectotype: E. Batters; 27 January 1887; BM; 4th specimen from left on a card marked 'Cystocarps' (Newroth & Taylor 1971: 95, fig 2)

Eponomy
Named for George William Traill (1836-1897), Scottish phycologist and mineralogist.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 August 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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