Peyssonnelia inamoena Pilger 1911

Publication Details
Peyssonnelia inamoena Pilger 1911: 311, figs 24, 25

Published in: Pilger, R. (1911). Die Meeresalgen von Kamerun. Nach der Sammlung von C. Ledermann. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 46: 294-323, 26 figs.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Peyssonnelia is Peyssonnelia squamaria (S.G.Gmelin) Decaisne ex J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Agissea inamoena (Pilger) Pestana, Lyra, Cassano & J.M.C. Nunes.

Type Information
Type locality: Gross-Batanga, Cameroon, West Africa; (Womersley 1994: 165) Type: 2-3 m deep; B?; (Womersley 1994: 165)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Widely distributed in tropical to warm temperate seas (Womersley 1994: 165).

Created: 19 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 December 2021

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Taxonomic note
Accodint to Cormaci, Furnari & Alongi (2021: 152) "Ercegovic (1957: 79, figs 24g-i), described and illustrated some damaged thalli (identified at generic level as P. sp. ) dredged between 80 and 100 m depth near the island of Jabuka (Croatia), provided with unicellular rhizoids. Later, Denizot (1968: 97), referred these thalli to as P. inamoena." - (12 August 2021) - M.D. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 December 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025

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