Phymatolithon ferox

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lithothamniaceae
Genus: Phymatolithon
Species: Phymatolithon ferox

Name

Phymatolithon ferox (Foslie) Maneveldt & E.Van der Merwe, 2014

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lithothamnion ferox Foslie, 1907
    • Holotype locality: Natal, South Africa. Holotype: Foslie slide 706. Printz 1929: pl. 4. fig. 9 (as Lithothamnion ): A. Weber van Bosse; no collection date; no habitat data on type. TRH B15-2357.
• Homotypic
  • Mesophyllum ferox (Foslie) W.H.Adey, 1970
  • Leptophytum ferox (Foslie) Y.M.Chamberlain & Keats, 1994
• Heterotypic
  • Lithothamnion falsellum f. genuina Foslie, 1900
  • Lithothamnion falsellum f. plicatum Foslie, 1900
  • Lithothamnion prolixum Foslie, 1908
  • Mesophyllum prolixum (Foslie) W.H.Adey, 1970

References

• Van der Merwe, E. & Maneveldt, G.W. 2014. The genus Phymatolithon (Hapalidiaceae, Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in South Africa, including species previously ascribed to Leptophytum. South African Journal of Botany 90: 170–192. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2013.11.004: 180, figs 22-38, 76
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Phymatolithon ferox. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 18 August 2017.