Besa paradoxa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Phyllophoraceae
Genus: Besa
Species: Besa paradoxa

Name

Besa paradoxa (Suringar) M.S.Calderon & S.M. Boo, in Calderon et al. 2016

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Gymnogongrus paradoxus Suringar, 1874
    • Type locality: One of Izu Seven Islands in Japan. (According to Masuda (1987: 47), the Japanese name suggests that the locality was Hachijo Island. However, he did not find it there, but found it at Miyake.)
    • Holotype: L 942.69.48.
• Homotypic
  • Ahnfeltia paradoxa (Suringar) Okamura, 1934
  • Ahnfeltiopsis paradoxa (Suringar) Masuda, 1993
• Heterotypic
  • Gymnogongrus furcellatus var. japonicus Holmes, 1896

References

• Calderón, M.S., Miller, K.A., Seo, T.H. & Boo, S.M. 2016. Transfer of selected Ahnfeltiopsis (Phyllophoraceae, Rhodophyta) species to the genus Besa and description of Schottera koreana sp. nov.. European Journal of Phycology 51(4): 431–443. DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2016.1201701 Reference page. : 435–437, figs 38–46
• Masuda, M. 1993. Ahnfeltiopsis (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) in the western Pacific. Japanese Journal of Phycology 41: 1–6, 6 figs. Reference page. : 2
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018. Besa paradoxa. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2018-02-08.