Acanthophora nayadiformis

Acanthophora nayadiformis (fig.VIII, center right)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Rhodomelaceae
Tribus: Chondrieae
Genus: Acanthophora
Species: Acanthophora nayadiformis

Name

Acanthophora nayadiformis (Delile) Papenfuss, 1968 (as 'najadiformis')

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Fucus nayadiformis Delile, 1813
    • Syntype localities: Al-Iskandariyah (Alexandria); As-Suways (Suez), Egypt. Holotype: LD 1001. 5a, Alexandria (according to De Jong et al. 1999), but BM (according to Perrone et al. 2006).
• Heterotypic
  • Acanthophora delilei J.V.Lamouroux, 1813
  • Chondria delilei C.Agardh, 1822, nom. illeg.
  • Acanthophora delilei Greville, 1830, nom. illeg.

References

• Papenfuss, G.F. 1968. A history, catalogue, and bibliography of the Red Sea benthic algae. Israel Journal of Botany 17: 1–118, 1 table, 1 folded map. Reference page. : 96
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Acanthophora nayadiformis. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 25 October 2017.