Nemastoma intestinale Harvey 1855

Publication Details
Nemastoma intestinale Harvey 1855: 254 ('intestinalis')

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Algae. In: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross.... II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part II. Flowerless plants. (Hooker, J.D. Eds), pp. 211-266. London: Reeve.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Nemastoma is Nemastoma dichotomum J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Glaphyrosiphon intestinalis (Harvey) Leister & W.A.Nelson.

Source of Synonymy
Hommersand, M.H., Leister, G.L., Ramírez, M.E., Gabrielson, P.W. & Nelson, W. A. (2010). A morphological and phylogenetic study of Glaphyrosiphon gen. nov. (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) based on Grateloupia intestinalis with descriptions of two new species: Glaphyrosiphon lindauri from New Zealand and Glaphyrosiphon chilensis from Chile. Phycologia 49(6): 554-573.

Type Information
Type locality: Preservation Harbour, southern New Zealand; (Womersley & Lewis 1994: 204) Lectotype (tetrasporangial plant): David Lyall; January 1851; "on rocks"; BM; barcode BM000530298 (Hommersand & al. 2010: 559) Notes: Hommersand et al. (2010: 559) note that the above tetrasporangial plant was designated as the type in Chapman & Parkinson 1974: 246. The sheet was originally labeled Nemastoma (Araeotes) intestinalisin agreement with Harvey's published name. Isolectotype: a cystocarpic plant at TCD (barcode TCD0011001). Holotype: a single fragment of a course broad tetrasporangial plant without a base at BM (barcode BM000530301) labeled "Jackson Bay. NZ. March 1851" and carrying the name Nemastoma attenuata H & H.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), relating to or found in the intestines (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 December 2010

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 December 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 January 2025

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