Lophosiphonia prostrata (Harvey) Falkenberg 1901

Publication Details
Lophosiphonia prostrata (Harvey) Falkenberg 1901: 501

Published in: Falkenberg, P. (1901). Die Rhodomelaceen des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte Heraus gegeben von der zoologischen Station zu Neapel. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, Monographie 26. pp. i-xvi, 1-754, 10 figs, 24 pls. Berlin: Verlag von R. Friedländer & Sohns.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lophosiphonia is Lophosiphonia obscura (C.Agardh) Falkenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Epizonaria prostrata (Harvey) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.

Source of Synonymy
Díaz-Tapia, P., Maggs, C.A., West, J.A. & Verbruggen, H. (2017). Analysis of chloroplast genomes and a supermatrix inform reclassification of the Rhodomelaceae (Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 53(5): 920-937, 2 figs.

Basionym
Polysiphonia prostrata Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: Fremantle, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 526) Holotype: Harvey; on Lobophora; TCD (Harvey Trav. Set); (Womersley 2003: 333)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), prostrate.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
This has a remarkably wide distribution as an epiphyte on zonarioid algae (Womersley 2003: 333).

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

Last updated: 09 October 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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