Pterocladia melanoidea (Schousboe ex Bornet) E.Y.Dawson 1962

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Pterocladia melanoidea (Schousboe ex Bornet) E.Y.Dawson 1962

Published in: Dawson, E.Y. (1962). Additions to the marine flora of Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Pacific Naturalist 3(13): 375-395, 5 plates.

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Publication date: 1962

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pterocladia is Pterocladia lucida (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pterocladiella melanoidea (Schousboe ex Bornet) Santelices & Hommersand.

Source of Synonymy
Santelices, B. & Hommersand, M. (1997). Pterocladiella, a new genus in the Gelidiaceae (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 36: 114-119.

Basionym
Gelidium melanoideum Schousboe ex Bornet

Type Information
Type locality: Tangier, Morocco; (Bornet 1892: 269) Notes: Alg. Schousb. nos 376, 377

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 14 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 November 2015

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 November 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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