Neoralfsia expansa (J.Agardh) P.-E.Lim & H.Kawai ex Cormaci & G.Furnari 2012
Current name:
Neoralfsia expansa (J.Agardh) P.-E.Lim & H.Kawai ex Cormaci & G.Furnari
James Price Point, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Neoralfsia expansa (J.Agardh) P.-E.Lim & H.Kawai ex Cormaci & G.Furnari 2012: 510
Published in: Cormaci, M., Furnari, G., Catra, M., Alongi, G. & Giaccone, G. (2012). Erratum. Flora marina bentonica del Mediterraneo: Phaeophyceae. Bollettino dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali di Catania 45: 509-510.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Neoralfsia.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Myrionema expansum J.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: Veracruz, Mexico; (Silva & al. 1996: 573) Type: C; (Yoshida 1998) Notes: According to Leon-Alvarez & González- González (2003: 613), the holotype of Ralfsia expansa (J. Agardh) J. Agardh [Agardh 1847, as Myrionema (?) expansum] was collected by Liebman from an unspecified area on the east coast of Mexico in Veracruz. The type specimen was sterile and an incomplete description of the taxon was published by Agardh in 1848.
Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), expanded, spread out (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 16 November 2007 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 November 2021
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Taxonomic note
According to León-Álvarez et al. (2014), the authentic N. expansa from the type locality is different from the entities that have been identified as that species from Japan and Malaysia and the latter specimens represent an undescribed species of a new genus for which new names must be given. - (13 February 2015) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2025
