Pneophyllum keatsii Y.M.Chamberlain 1994

Publication Details
Pneophyllum keatsii Y.M.Chamberlain 1994: 144, figs. 9-25

Published in: Chamberlain, Y.M. (1994). Pneophyllum coronatum (Rosanoff) D. Penrose comb. nov., P. keatsii sp. nov., Spongites discoideus (Foslie) D. Penrose et Woelkerling and S. impar (Foslie) Y. Chamberlain comb. nov. (Rhodophyta, Corallinaceae) from South Africa. Phycologia 33: 141-157, 63 figs, 1 table.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pneophyllum is Pneophyllum fragile Kützing.

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

Type Information
Holotype locality: Oudekraal, Cape Province, South Africa; (Chamberlain 1994: 146) Holotype: R. Anderson & D. Keats YMC 89/284; 24.xi.1989; On Ecklonia maxima stipe; L; 993.052-321 (Chamberlain 1994: 146)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Sublittoral, epiphytic on the stipe and holdfast of Ecklonia maxima; thalli grow either on their own or underneath, never on top of, Lithothamnion eckloniiae (Chamberlain 1994: 146).

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 April 2017

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 April 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 November 2024

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