Pneophyllum amplexifrons

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Corallinaceae
Subfamilia: Hydrolithoideae
Genus: Pneophyllum
Species: Pneophyllum amplexifrons

Name

Pneophyllum amplexifrons (Harvey) Y.M.Chamberlain & R.E.Norris, 1994

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Melobesia amplexifrons Harvey, 1849
    • Type locality: Port Natal, Durban, South Africa. Lectotype: Guienzius; no date; epiphytic on Gelidium. TCD (Designated by Woelkerling & Campbell 1992: 98). Isotype: BM. Epiphytic on Gelidium pteridifolium Norris, Hommersand & Fredericq; Isolectotypes: TCD, BM.
• Homotypic
  • Lithophyllum amplexifrons (Harvey) Heydrich, 1897
• Heterotypic
  • Lithophyllum pseudolichenoides Heydrich, 1902
  • Lithothamnion pseudolichenoides (Heydrich) Lemoine, 1910

References

• Chamberlain, Y.M. & Norris, R.E. 1994. Pneophyllum amplexifrons (Harvey) comb. nov., a mastophoroid crustose coralline red algal epiphyte from Natal, South Africa. Phycologia 33: 8–18, 45 figs.: 10, figs. 1-45
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Pneophyllum amplexifrons. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 14 August 2017.