Pneophyllum caulerpae (Foslie) P.L.Jones & Woelkerling 1984
Publication Details
Pneophyllum caulerpae (Foslie) P.L.Jones & Woelkerling 1984: 193 (table 5)
Published in: Jones, P.L. & Woelkerling, W.J. (1984). An analysis of trichocyte and spore germination attributes as taxonomic characters in the Pneophyllum-Fosliella complex (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 23: 183-194, 20 figs.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pneophyllum is Pneophyllum fragile Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pneophyllum coronatum (Rosanoff) Penrose.
Source of Synonymy
Penrose, D.L. (1996). Genus Pneophyllum Kützing
. In: The Marine Benthic Flora of South Australia. Rhodophyta. Part IIIB, Gracilariales, Rhodymeniales, Corallinales and Bonnemaisoniales. (Womersley, H.B.S. Eds), pp. 266-272. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study.
Basionym
Melobesia caulerpae Foslie
Type Information
Type locality: [Castle Point] Island Bay, near Wellington, North Islands New Zealand; (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 115) Type: Setchell; vi.1904; uppermost sublittoral zone, on Caulerpa sedoides; TRH; A15-786 (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 115)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 June 2021
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Nomenclatural note
Penrose in Womersley (1996: 267) cites 1984: 184, fig. 18. - (15 April 2009) - G.M. Guiry
Taxonomic note
Treated as a separate entity by Athanasiadis (2016: 276). - (02 February 2017) - M.D. Guiry
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 June 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 April 2025
