Neosiphonia collabens (C.Agardh) Díaz-Tapia & I.Bárbara 2013

Current name:
Melanothamnus collabens (C.Agardh) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs
Ría de A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2010 - 09 December 2011. Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Neosiphonia collabens (C.Agardh) Díaz-Tapia & I.Bárbara 2013: 413
Published in: Díaz-Tapia, P. & Bárbara, I. (2013). Seaweeds from sand-covered rocks of the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula. Part. 1. The Rhodomelaceae (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta). Cryptogamie Algologie 34(4): 325-422.
Publication date: 2013
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Neosiphonia is Neosiphonia flavimarina M.-S.Kim & I.K.Lee.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Melanothamnus collabens (C.Agardh) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.
Source of Synonymy
Díaz-Tapia, P., McIvor, L., Freshwater, D.W., Verbruggen, H., Wynne, M.J. & Maggs, C.A. (2017). The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology 52(1): 1-20, 77 figs.
Basionym
Hutchinsia collabens C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: Cádiz, Spain; (Díaz-Tapia & Bárbara 2013: 413) Syntype: LD, Agardh herbarium; 40885-40887, 40890-40898 (Díaz-Tapia & Bárbara 2013: 406)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), collapsing (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 January 2014 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 April 2022
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2025