Amphiroa beauvoisii

Amphiroa beauvoisii (as Amphiroa mexicana)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Corallinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Corallinophycidae Ordo: Corallinales

Familia: Corallinaceae
Subfamilia: Lithophylloideae
Genus: Amphiroa
Species: Amphiroa beauvoisii

Name

Amphiroa beauvoisii J.V.Lamouroux, 1816

• Type locality: "Côtes du Portugal" [Portugal coasts].
• Holotype: unknown; CN unnumbered. Type illustrated in Harvey et al. (2013: fig. 4C).
• Eponymy: Named for Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot de Beauvois.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Amphiroa pustulata Martens, 1836
  • Amphiroa complanata Kützing, 1843
  • Amphiroa polyzona Montagne, 1846
  • Amphiroa polysona Montagne, 1849
  • Amphiroa algeriensis Kützing 1857
  • Amphiroa dubia Kützing 1858
  • Amphiroa linearis Kützing 1858
  • Amphiroa parthenopea Zanardini, 1874
  • Amphiroa zonata Yendo, 1902
  • Amphiroa mexicana W.R.Taylor, 1945: 189, pl. 47
    • Type locality: Bahía Petatlán, Guerrero, Mexico; Some abundance along the shore inside the Morro de Petatlán.
    • Holotype: Schmitt #120C-33; 1933-03-17. Hancock Foundation. (According to Dawson now at LAM).
  • Amphiroa peninsularis W.R.Taylor, 1945: 188, pl. 48: fig. 1
    • Type locality: South Bay, Isla Cerros, Baja California, Mexico; On rocks.
    • Holotype: W.R. Taylor #34-646A; 1934-03-10. Hancock Foundation.
  • Amphiroa drouetii E.Y.Dawson, 1953
  • Amphiroa franciscana var. robusta E.Y.Dawson, 1953

References

• Lamouroux, J.V.F. 1816. Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. Imprimerie de F. Poisson: Caen. i–lxxxiv, 1–560 pp., pls I–XIX. BHL Reference page. : 299
• Taylor, W.R. 1945. Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 12: i–iv, 1–528, 3 figs, 100 pls. Online BHL Hathitrust Reference page. 
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019. Amphiroa beauvoisii. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2019-12-02.

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