Leptophytum flavescens (Kjellman) Athanasiadis 2016
Publication Details
Leptophytum flavescens (Kjellman) Athanasiadis 2016: 552
Published in: Athanasiadis, A. (2016). Leptophytum flavescens comb. nov. (Corallinales, Rhodophyta), an Arctic endemic from the sublittoral of NW Spitsbergen, North Norway, and western Novaya Zemlya, with epitypification of L. laeve. Marine Biology Research 12(5): 551-558.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Leptophytum is Leptophytum laeve W.H.Adey.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Basionym
Lithothamnion flavescens Kjellman
Type Information
Type locality: Karlsø [now Karlsøy] (Tromsø amt [= Tromsø county]), Norway; (Woelkerling & al. 2005: 249) Notes: Type not designated (UPS?). Syntype: TRH B3-1772 (leg. Kjellman).
Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), yellowing; becoming yellow.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 September 2016 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 25 February 2024
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
