Colpomenia tuberculata D.A.Saunders 1898

Publication Details
Colpomenia tuberculata D.A.Saunders 1898: 164, pl. XXXII [32]: figs 1-3

Published in: Saunders, De A. (1898). Phycological memoirs. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Series 3, Botany 1: 147-168, pls XII-XXXII.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Colpomenia is Colpomenia sinuosa (Mertens ex Roth) Derbès & Solier.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Encephalophycus tuberculatus (D.A.Saunders) Santiañez.

Source of Synonymy
Santiañez, W.J.E. (2022). Encephalophycus, gen. nov., a new brown algal genus based upon Colpomenia tuberculata D.A.Saunders (Scytosiphonaceae, Phaeophyceae). Notulae Algarum 254: 1-6, 1 fig.

Type Information
Type locality: "near San Pedro, California" [USA]; (Saunders 1901: 164)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 25 March 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 January 2025

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