Sonderophycus

Sonderophycus capensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Peyssonneliaceae
Genus: Sonderophycus

Species: S. capensis – S. coriaceus

Name

Sonderophycus Denizot, 1968

• Type species: Sonderophycus australis (Sonder) Denizot = Sonderophycus capensis (Montagne) M.J.Wynne

Krayesky et al. (2009) demonstrated that the type species of Sonderophycus (S. australis) and Sonderopelta (S. coriacea) belonged in a single genus that was distinct from Peyssonnelia. As Sonderophycus has priority over Sonderopelta, the correct name for the type species is Sonderophycus capensis (Mont.) M.J.Wynne (see Algaebase)

Synonyms

• Sonderopelta Womersley & Sinkora, 1981
  • Type species: Sonderopelta coriacea Womersley & Sinkora

References

• Denizot, M. 1968. Les algues floridées encroutantes (à l'éxclusion des Corallinacées). pp. [1]–310, 227 figs. Paris: Laboratoire de Cryptogamie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Reference page. : 258, 307
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018. Sonderophycus. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 11 April 2018.

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