Phymatolithon ferox (Foslie) Maneveldt & E.Van der Merwe 2014
Publication Details
Phymatolithon ferox (Foslie) Maneveldt & E.Van der Merwe 2014: 180, figs 22-38, 76
Published in: Van der Merwe, E. & Maneveldt, G.W. (2014). The genus Phymatolithon (Hapalidiaceae, Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in South Africa, including species previously ascribed to Leptophytum. South African Journal of Botany 90: 170-192.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Phymatolithon is Phymatolithon polymorphum Foslie.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Lithothamnion ferox Foslie
Type Information
Holotype locality: Natal, South Africa; (Chamberlain & Keats 1994: 119) Holotype: Foslie slide 706. Printz 1929: pl. 4. fig. 9 (as Lithothamnion ): A. Weber van Bosse; no colelction date; no habitat data on type; TRH; B15-2357 (Chamberlain & Keats 1994: 119) Notes: The holotype figured by Printz has been broken into two pieces.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), very thorny, fierce (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 31 August 2015 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 October 2020
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 October 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 December 2024
