Spyridia hypnoides (Bory) Papenfuss 1968

Publication Details
Spyridia hypnoides (Bory) Papenfuss 1968: 281-282

Published in: Papenfuss, G.F. (1968). Notes on South African marine algae. V. Journal of South African Botany 34: 267-287.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Spyridia is Spyridia filamentosa (Wulfen) Harvey.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Thamnophora hypnoides Bory

Type Information
Type locality: Cape Comorin, Tamil Nadu, India; (Silva & al. 1996: 428) Type: PC?; herb. Bory (Yoshida 1998: 938)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling the mosses, specifically the genus Hypnum (Neal 1993).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 12 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 November 2021

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Nomenclatural note
“We have for now placed all records of S. filamentosa from São Tomé under S. hypnoides until such time as the material on which they are based is re-examined and the original determination verified.” (Lawson & John, 1987) - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
John et al. (2004) cite Spyridia aculeata (Schimper) Kütz. and S. armata Kütz. as synonyms of this species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Distributional note
John et al. (2003) do not distinguish between Spyridia hypnoides (Bory) Papenfuss and f. inermis (Børgesen) G.W. Lawson & D.M. John when presenting distributions and it is assumed that the records are the same as those in Lawson & John (1987). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2025

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