Antithamnionella elegans (Berthold) J.H.Price & D.M.John 1986
Publication Details
Antithamnionella elegans (Berthold) J.H.Price & D.M.John 1986: 16
Published in: Price, J.H., John, D.M. & Lawson, G.W. (1986). Seaweeds of the western coast of tropical Africa and adjacent islands: a critical assessment. IV. Rhodophyta (Florideae). 1. Genera A-F. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany 15: 1-122, 1 fig.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Antithamnionella is Antithamnionella sarniensis Lyle.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Antithamnion elegans Berthold
Type Information
Type locality: Golfo di Napoli, Italy; (Silva & al. 1996: 380) Notes: "Provisional lectotype": "Funk's (1922, pl. V: fig. 17) illustration". This illustration is based on Bethold's original material (Athanasidis 1996: 113).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), elegant (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 July 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 February 2024
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Nomenclatural note
"This species was described from the Gulf of Naples (Italy) by Berthold (1882: 516) as Antithamnion elegans. Boudouresque & Perret (1977: 63) proposed its combination under the genus Antithamnionella, but invalidly because they didn't indicate the basionym; ten years later, Cormaci & Furnari (1987b: 755) proposed again the combination under the same genus as Antithamnionella elegans (Berthold) Cormaci et Furnari. However, the resulting name is a later isonym without nomenclatural status according to Art. 6.3 Note 2 of ICN (Turland et al., 2018), of the combination previously proposed by J.H. Price et D.M. John [see Price & John in Price et al. (1986: 16)]. It should be noted that according to Verlaque et al. (2015: 126) A. elegans should be an introduced species into the Mediterranean Sea, notwithstanding its type locality is the Gulf of Naples." (Cormaci & al. 2023: 276). - (16 November 2023) - M.D. Guiry
Distributional note
This species has been introduced into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 115), probably by shipping, being first found at Naples, Italy prior to 1882; it is now widespread in the Mediterranean. - (04 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 March 2025
