Melanothamnus sparsus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Rhodomelaceae
Tribus: Streblocladieae
Genus: Melanothamnus
Species: Melanothamnus sparsus

Name

Melanothamnus sparsus (Setchell) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs, in Díaz-Tapia et al., 2017

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lophosiphonia sparsa Setchell, 1926
    • Type locality: Arue Reef, Tahiti. Holotype: W.A. Setchell & H.E. Parks; 27 Jun. 1922; epiphytic on Dictyosphaeria versluysii. UC 261144 (5224c).
• Homotypic
  • Polysiphonia sparsa (Setchell) Hollenberg, 1968
  • Neosiphonia sparsa (Setchell) I.A.Abbott, 2002

References

• Díaz-Tapia, P., McIvor, L., Freshwater, D.W., Verbruggen, H., Wynne, M.J. & Maggs, C.A. 2017. The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology 52(1): 1–20, 77 figs. DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2016.1256436 Reference page. : 10, table 5
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Melanothamnus sparsus. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 17 November 2017.