Shepleya elixithamnia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Wrangeliaceae
Tribus: Sphondylothamnieae
Genus: Shepleya
Species: Shepleya elixithamnia

Name

Shepleya elixithamnia Gordon-Mills & R.E.Norris, 1986

• Type locality: Palm Beach, near Port Edward, Natal, South Africa.
• Holotype: Norris & Aken; 15.v.1983; Subtidal,epiphytic on various articulate calcified algal hosts. Known only from summer and autumn collections. NU 7170 (NAT 1207). Isotype: ADU (A55692).

References

• Gordon-Mills, E. & Norris, R.E. 1986. Shepleya elixithamnia, a new species of Ceramiaceae (Rhodophyta) from South Africa. Phycologia 25: 160–167, 15 figs, 1 table. Reference page. : 160–166, figs. 1–15, table 1
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Shepleya elixithamnia. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 10 December 2017.