Mesophyllum expansum

Mesophyllum expansum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Hapalidiaceae
Subfamilia: Melobesioideae
Genus: Mesophyllum
Species: Mesophyllum expansum

Name

Mesophyllum expansum (Philippi) Cabioch & M.L.Mendoza, 2003

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lithophyllum expansum Philippi, 1837
    • Type locality: Sicily. Lectotype: L 943.7-84. Woelkerling (1983: 307, fig. 4) designates the original collection of L expansum, consisting of two pieces of thallus, as the lectotype. Athanasiadis & Neto select the larger specimen.
• Homotypic
  • Lithothamnion expansum (Philippi) Foslie, 1895
  • Tenarea expansa (Philippi) Kuntze, 1898
  • Hyperantherella expansa (Philippi) Heydrich, 1901
  • Stereophyllum expansum (Philippi) Heydrich, 1904
  • Crodelia incrustans var. expansa (Philippi) Heydrich, 1911
  • Pseudolithophyllum expansum (Philippi) Me.Lemoine, 1924
  • Crodelia expansa (Philippi) Kylin, 1956
• Heterotypic
  • Lithophyllum expansum f. genuinum Foslie, 1897

References

• Cabioch, J. & Mendoza, M.L. 2003. Mesophyllum expansum (Philippi) comb. nov. (Corallinales, Rhodophytes), et mise au point sur les Mesophyllum des mers d'Europe. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 44: 257–273. Reference page. : 259
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Mesophyllum expansum. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 21 August 2017.

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