Ahnfeltiopsis devoniensis (Greville) P.C.Silva & DeCew 1992

Current name: Ahnfeltiopsis devoniensis (Greville) P.C.Silva & DeCew
with Gymnogongrus crenulatus, Spain, North of Galicia, 2010 - 24 October 2011. Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Ahnfeltiopsis devoniensis (Greville) P.C.Silva & DeCew 1992: 577

Published in: Silva, P.C. & DeCew, T.C. (1992). Ahnfeltiopsis, a new genus in the Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyceae). Phycologia 31: 576-580.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ahnfeltiopsis is Ahnfeltiopsis linearis (C.Agardh) P.C.Silva & DeCew.

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

Basionym
Fucus devoniensis Greville

Type Information
Type locality: Torbay, Devonshire, England; (Athanasiadis 1996: 74) Type: BM;

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), living in Devon, a county shire in south-western England.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 May 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 March 2022

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Habitat note
On rocks at lower eulittoral and sublittoral fringe levels as occasional tufts (Tittley et al. 2009). - (25 March 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 April 2025