Meiodiscus spetsbergensis

Meiodiscus spetsbergensis (figs. 6-7, bottom left)

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Palmariales 

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

Familia: Meiodiscaceae
Genus: Meiodiscus
Species: Meiodiscus spetsbergensis

Name edit

Meiodiscus spetsbergensis (Kjellman) G.W.Saunders & McLachlan, 1991

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Thamnidium spetsbergense Kjellman, 1875
      • Type locality: Spitzbergen (Fairhavn). Type: UPS.
  • Homotypic
    • Rhodochorton spetsbergense (Kjellman) Kjellman, 1883
    • Audouinella spetsbergensis (Kjellman) Woelkerling, 1973
  • Heterotypic
    • Thamnidium mesocarpum f. penicilliforme Kjellman, 1875
    • Thamnidium penicilliforme (Kjellman) Kjellman, 1880
    • Rhodochorton mesocarpum f. penicilliforme (Kjellman) Kjellman, 1883
    • Rhodochorton mesocarpum var. penicilliforme (Kjellman) Rosenvinge, 1893
    • Rhodochorton penicilliforme (Kjellman) Rosenvinge, 1894

References edit

  • Saunders, G.W. & McLachlan, J.L. 1991. Morphology and reproduction of Meiodiscus spetsbergensis (Kjellman) gen. et comb. nov., a new genus of Rhodophysemataceae (Rhodophyta). Phycologia 30: 272–286. : 283, figs 1-51
  • Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Meiodiscus spetsbergensis. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 7 September 2017.
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