Pterothamnion polyacanthum (Kützing) Nägeli 1862

Publication Details
Pterothamnion polyacanthum (Kützing) Nägeli 1862: 376, 414

Published in: Nägeli, C. (1862 '1861'). Beiträge zur morphologie und systematik der Ceramiaceae. Sitzungsberichte der Königlichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 1861(2): 297-415, 30 figs, 1 pl.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pterothamnion is Pterothamnion plumula (J.Ellis) Nägeli.

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

Basionym
Callithamnion polyacanthum Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: "Ad littora Britanniae" [probably Kilkee, Co. Clare, Ireland]; (Athanasiadis 1996: 58) Lectotype: (Athanasiadis 1996: 58) Notes: The type could not be located at L although there is evidence that it was examined by O. Sundene and P.S. Dixon; according to Sundene's note the missing type was collected at Kilkee, Ireland. Lectotype: Athanasiadis (1996: 59) selected Kützing’s illustration (1861, xi, pl. 83: fig. II), probably collected by W.H. Harvey (Guiry in Athanasiadis).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 04 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 November 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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