Neoralfsia expansa (J.Agardh) P.-E.Lim & H.Kawai ex Cormaci & G.Furnari 2012

Publication Details
Neoralfsia expansa (J.Agardh) P.-E.Lim & H.Kawai ex Cormaci & G.Furnari 2012: 510

Published in: Cormaci, M., Furnari, G., Catra, M., Alongi, G. & Giaccone, G. (2012). Erratum. Flora marina bentonica del Mediterraneo: Phaeophyceae. Bollettino dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali di Catania 45: 509-510.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Neoralfsia.

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

Basionym
Myrionema expansum J.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Veracruz, Mexico; (Silva & al. 1996: 573) Type: C; (Yoshida 1998) Notes: According to Leon-Alvarez & González- González (2003: 613), the holotype of Ralfsia expansa (J. Agardh) J. Agardh [Agardh 1847, as Myrionema (?) expansum] was collected by Liebman from an unspecified area on the east coast of Mexico in Veracruz. The type specimen was sterile and an incomplete description of the taxon was published by Agardh in 1848.

Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), expanded, spread out (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 16 November 2007 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 November 2021

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