Platoma marginiferum (J.Agardh) Batters 1902

Publication Details
Platoma marginiferum (J.Agardh) Batters 1902: 94

Published in: Batters, E.A.L. (1902). A catalogue of the British marine algae being a list of all the species of seaweeds known to occur on the shores of the British Islands, with the localities where they are found. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 40(Supplement): 1-107.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Platoma is Platoma cyclocolpum (Montagne) F.Schmitz.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Itonoa marginifera (J.Agardh) Masuda & Guiry.

Source of Synonymy
Masuda, M. & Guiry, M.D. (1995 '1994'). The reproductive morphology of Platoma cyclocolpum (Nemastomataceae, Gigartinales) from Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Cryptogamie Algologie 15: 191-212.

Basionym
Nemastoma marginiferum J.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Brest; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 175) Holotype: Herb. alg. Agardh LD; 22125 (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 175)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 15 March 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 February 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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