Melanothamnus forfex

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ceramiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Rhodymeniophycidae Ordo: Ceramiales

Familia: Rhodomelaceae
Tribus: Streblocladieae
Genus: Melanothamnus
Species: Melanothamnus forfex

Name

Melanothamnus forfex (Harvey) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs, in Díaz-Tapia et al., 2017

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Polysiphonia forfex Harvey, 1859
    • Type locality: Rottnest Island., Western Australia. Lectotype (Womersely, 1979): on Posidonia. Herb. Harvey, TCD 15353-4. Isotype: BM.
• Homotypic
  • Polysiphonia forcipata Harvey, 1855, nom. illeg. (later homonym of Polysiphonia forcipata J.Agardh, 1842)
  • Polysiphonia japonica var. forfex (Harvey) Yoon, 1986
• Heterotypic
  • Vertebrata forcipata Kuntze, 1891

References

• Díaz-Tapia, P., McIvor, L., Freshwater, D.W., Verbruggen, H., Wynne, M.J. & Maggs, C.A. 2017. The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology 52(1): 1–20, 77 figs. DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2016.1256436 Reference page. : 7
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Melanothamnus forfex. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 17 November 2017.