Atrophycus

Atrophycus ater

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Batrachospermales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Nemaliophycidae Ordo: Batrachospermales

Familia: Batrachospermaceae
Genus: Atrophycus

Species: A. ater – A. atrobrasiliensis – A. puiggarianus

Name

Atrophycus Necchi & Rossignolo, 2017

• Type species: Atrophycus ater (Hudson) Necchi & Rossignolo

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Setacea (De Toni) Necchi & Rossignolo, 2016, nom. inval. (ICN Art. 20.2 (Melbourne Code 2012), replaced by Atrophycus
    • Type species: Setacea atra (Hudson) Necchi & Rossignolo
• Heterotypic
  • Torularia Bonnemaison, 1828
    • Type species: Torularia dillenii (Bory) Bonnemaison

References

• Rossignolo, N.L., Necchi, O., Jr. & Guiry, M.D. 2017. Atrophycus, a new genus name for “Setacea (De Toni) Necchi & Rossignolo” . Notulae Algarum 26: 1–2, no figs. Reference page. 
• Rossignolo, N.L. & Necchi, O., Jr. 2016. Revision of section Setacea of the genus Batrachospermum (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) with emphasis on specimens from Brazil. Phycologia 55(4): 337–346, 17 figs, 3 tables. Reference page. 
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Atrophycus. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 28 August 2017.

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