Polyporolithon patena (Hooker f. & Harvey) L.R.Mason 1953

Publication Details
Polyporolithon patena (Hooker f. & Harvey) L.R.Mason 1953: 317

Published in: Mason, L.R. (1953). The crustaceous coralline algae of the Pacific coast of the United States, Canada and Alaska. University of California Publications in Botany 26(4): 313-389, Plates 27-46. [in English]

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polyporolithon is Polyporolithon conchatum (Setchell & Foslie) L.R.Mason.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Synarthrophyton patena (Hooker f. & Harvey) R.A.Townsend.

Source of Synonymy
May, D.I. & Woelkerling, W.J. (1988). Studies on the genus Synarthrophyton (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) and its type species, S. patena (J.D. Hooker et W.H. Harvey) Townsend. Phycologia 27: 50-71, 40 figs, 3 tables.

Basionym
Melobesia patena Hooker f. & Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: Te Unuunu (near Castlepoint), east coast of North Island, New Zealand; (Womersley 1996: 209) Lectotype (Harvey 1849: pl. 40; designated by Athanasiadis 2019): Colenso no. 1331; TCD; (Athanasiadis 2018: 308) Notes: Designated by Chapman & Parkinson (1974, pl. 72). The type locality in included in the collecting notes of Colenso as "1330. Sea-green alga, with Lithophyta, (beautiful sp.) from Te Unuunu, nr Castlepoint, E.Coast 1331. Red alga, from ditto: (splendid specimen)" Te Unuunu is a coastal mountain south of Castlepoint; the nearest point on the coast is also known as either Te Unuunu or Flat Point (W. Nelson & A. Athansiadis, pers. comm.) on Ballia (INA). Hughey et al. (2022: 84) designate the Colenso No.1331 specimen (BM001043934) as the epitype of Melobesia patena that supports the lectotype ... designated by Athanasiadis (2019). Lectotype: Harvey's (1849: pl. 40) original illustration designated by Athansiadis (2019) and reproduced in fig. 32. Epitype: North Island, New Zealand.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 18 September 2001 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 10 October 2021

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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