Sarcothalia scutellata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Gigartinaceae
Genus: Sarcothalia
Species: Sarcothalia scutellata

Name

Sarcothalia scutellata (Hering) Leister, in Hommersand et al., 1993, nom. inval. (basionym not cited. Gigartina scutellata Hering cited in error)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Sphaerococcus scutellatus Hering, 1841
    • Type locality: [Table Bay, Cape Province, South Africa] (No locality is mentioned by Hering). Type: coll. Ferdinand Krauss; HBG.
• Homotypic
  • Dicurella scutellata (Hering) Papenfuss, 1940
  • Gigartina scutellata (Hering) Simons, 1983
• Heterotypic
  • Gigartina fastigiata J.Agardh, 1849, nom. illeg. (later homonym of Gigartina fastigiata Postels & Ruprecht 1840)

References

• Hommersand, M.H., Guiry, M.D., Fredericq, S. & Leister, G.L. 1993. New perspectives in the taxonomy of the Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 14: 105–120, 41 figs. Reference page. : 113
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018. Sarcothalia scutellata. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 18 January 2018.