Melanothamnus tongatensis

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 tongatensis

Name

Melanothamnus tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs, in Díaz-Tapia et al., 2017

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Polysiphonia tongatensis Harvey ex Kützing, 1864
    • Type locality: Tonga ("Friendly Islands"). Type: W.H. Harvey: Holotype: L 4083619. Isotype: TCD.
• Homotypic
  • Polysiphonia mollis var. tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) Hollenberg, 1968
  • Neosiphonia tongatensis (Harvey ex Kützing) M.S.Kim & I.K.Lee, 1999
• Heterotypic
  • Polysiphonia snyderae Kylin, 1941
  • Polysiphonia aquamara I.A.Abbott, 1947

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. : 11, table 5
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Melanothamnus tongatensis. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 17 November 2017.