Asteromenia pseudocoalescens G.W.Saunders, C.E.Lane, C.W.Schneider & Kraft 2006
Publication Details
Asteromenia pseudocoalescens G.W.Saunders, C.E.Lane, C.W.Schneider & Kraft 2006: 1595, figs 42-44
Published in: Saunders, G.W., Lane, C.E., Schneider, C.W. & Kraft, G.T. (2006). Unraveling the Asteromenia peltata species complex with clarification of the genera Halichrysis and Drouetia (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodophyta). Canadian Journal of Botany 84: 1581-1607, 83 figs, 3 tables.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Asteromenia is Asteromenia peltata (W.R.Taylor) Huisman & A.J.K.Millar.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Yellow Rock, Lord Howe Island, Australia; (Saunders & al. 2006: 1595) Holotype: G.W. Saunders 002022; 30 January 2004; 16 m; UNB; (Saunders & al. 2006: 1595)
Description
Thalli peltate and fluted, stipes occasionally branched; holdfasts
with peg-like extensions into substratum; secondary haptera apparently
absent with blades coalescing at plant margins to form coalescent
sheets.
Created: 29 November 2007 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 July 2010
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 July 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024
