Platoma pikeanum (Dickie) Weber Bosse 1921
Current name:
Titanophora pikeana (Dickie) Feldmann
Titanophora pikeana
Cakaulevu Reef Plants - 08 December 2004. ORDA and Peter Skelton (skeltonp@bigpond.net.au) and Peter Skelton (skeltonp@bigpond.net.au)
Publication Details
Platoma pikeanum (Dickie) Weber Bosse 1921: 253-255, figs. 80-83 ('pikeana')
Published in: Weber-van Bosse, A. (1921). Liste des algues du Siboga. II. Rhodophyceae. Première partie. Protoflorideae, Nemalionales, Cryptonemiales. Vol. 59b pp. 187-310, figs 53-109, Plates VI-VIII. Leiden.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Platoma is Platoma cyclocolpum (Montagne) F.Schmitz.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Titanophora pikeana (Dickie) Feldmann.
Basionym
Galaxaura pikeana Dickie
Type Information
Type locality: Mauritius. N. Pike; (Dickie 1874: 195) Type: BM?;
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 25 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 May 2007
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 May 2007. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 July 2024
