Lophosiphonia reptabunda (Suhr) Kylin 1956

Publication Details
Lophosiphonia reptabunda (Suhr) Kylin 1956: 539

Published in: Kylin, H. (1956). Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen. pp. i-xv, 1-673, 458 figs. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerups.

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 Vertebrata reptabunda (Suhr) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.

Source of Synonymy
Díaz-Tapia, P., McIvor, L., Freshwater, D.W., Verbruggen, H., Wynne, M.J. & Maggs, C.A. (2017). The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology 52(1): 1-20, 77 figs.

Basionym
Hutchinsia reptabunda Suhr

Type Information
Type locality: Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France; (Silva & al. 1996: 526)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), creeping, crawling (Lewis & Short 1890).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 17 May 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 March 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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