Rhodophysema georgei Batters 1900

Publication Details
Rhodophysema georgei Batters 1900: 377, pl. 414: figs 8-13 (as 'georgii')

Published in: Batters, E.A.L. (1900). New or critical British marine algae. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 38: 369-379, pl. 414.

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Publication date: 1 October 1900

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodophysema.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Scilly Isles, England; (Batters 1900: 377) Type: E. George; June 1899, May 1900; "on Zostera, fringing the margins of the leaves with an almost continuous purplish-red border."; (Batters 1900: 377) Notes: Lectotype: BM (Saunders & Bird, 1989).

Eponomy
Named for the collector E. George.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 16 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 September 2020

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Nomenclatural note
The epithet "georgii" is here corrected to "georgei" - (03 June 2014) - M.D. Guiry

Distributional note
This species was introduced accidentally, perhaps via oysters from Japan or the NE Atlantic, into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 223), being first found in the Étang de Thau (France) in 19t8. - (05 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 September 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025