Synarthrophyton patena (Hooker f. & Harvey) R.A.Townsend 1979
Current name:
Synarthrophyton patena (Hooker f. & Harvey) R.A.Townsend
Olifantsbos, Cape Peninsula, South AfricaM.D. Guiry
Publication Details
Synarthrophyton patena (Hooker f. & Harvey) R.A.Townsend 1979: 252, figs 1-18
Published in: Townsend, R.A. (1979). Synarthrophyton, a new genus of Corallinaceae (Cryptonemiales, Rhodophyta) from the southern hemisphere. Journal of Phycology 15: 251-259, 18 figs, 1 table.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Synarthrophyton.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Melobesia patena Hooker f. & Harvey
Type Information
Type locality: Te Unuunu (near Castlepoint), east coast of North Island, New Zealand; (Womersley 1996: 209) Lectotype (Harvey 1849: pl. 40; designated by Athanasiadis 2019): Colenso no. 1331; TCD; (Athanasiadis 2018: 308) Notes: Designated by Chapman & Parkinson (1974, pl. 72). The type locality in included in the collecting notes of Colenso as "1330. Sea-green alga, with Lithophyta, (beautiful sp.) from Te Unuunu, nr Castlepoint, E.Coast 1331. Red alga, from ditto: (splendid specimen)" Te Unuunu is a coastal mountain south of Castlepoint; the nearest point on the coast is also known as either Te Unuunu or Flat Point (W. Nelson & A. Athansiadis, pers. comm.) on Ballia (INA). Hughey et al. (2022: 84) designate the Colenso No.1331 specimen (BM001043934) as the epitype of Melobesia patena that supports the lectotype ... designated by Athanasiadis (2019). Lectotype: Harvey's (1849: pl. 40) original illustration designated by Athansiadis (2019) and reproduced in fig. 32. Epitype: North Island, New Zealand.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
Occurs epiphytically on a variety of green, brown and red algae, and on seagrasses, tunicates, molluscs and sponges; found in intertidal pools and subtidally to depths of 37 m (Womersley 1996: 210).
Created: 25 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 March 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
