Pityophykos

Pityophykos tasmanica (fig.1a,b, top left)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Rhodomelaceae
Tribus: Polysiphonieae
Genus: Pityophykos

Species: P. tasmanica

Name

Pityophykos Papenfuss, 1958

• Type species: Pityophykos tasmanica (Sonder) Papenfuss

Synonyms

• Pithyopsis Falkenberg, 1897, nom. illeg. (later homonym of Pityopsis Nuttall, 1840, Asteraceae)
  • Type species: Pithyopsis tasmanica (Sonder) Falkenberg

References

• Papenfuss, G.F. 1958. Notes on algal nomenclature. IV. Various genera and species of Chlorophyceae, Phaeophyceae and Rhodophyceae. Taxon 7: 104–109. Reference page. : 107
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Pityophykos. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 3 November 2017.

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