Meiodiscus spetsbergensis

Meiodiscus spetsbergensis (figs. 6-7, bottom left)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Palmariales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Nemaliophycidae Ordo: Palmariales

Familia: Meiodiscaceae
Genus: Meiodiscus
Species: Meiodiscus spetsbergensis

Name

Meiodiscus spetsbergensis (Kjellman) G.W.Saunders & McLachlan, 1991

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Thamnidium spetsbergense Kjellman, 1875
    • Type locality: Spitzbergen (Fairhavn). Type: UPS.
• Homotypic
  • Rhodochorton spetsbergense (Kjellman) Kjellman, 1883
  • Audouinella spetsbergensis (Kjellman) Woelkerling, 1973
• Heterotypic
  • Thamnidium mesocarpum f. penicilliforme Kjellman, 1875
  • Thamnidium penicilliforme (Kjellman) Kjellman, 1880
  • Rhodochorton mesocarpum f. penicilliforme (Kjellman) Kjellman, 1883
  • Rhodochorton mesocarpum var. penicilliforme (Kjellman) Rosenvinge, 1893
  • Rhodochorton penicilliforme (Kjellman) Rosenvinge, 1894

References

• Saunders, G.W. & McLachlan, J.L. 1991. Morphology and reproduction of Meiodiscus spetsbergensis (Kjellman) gen. et comb. nov., a new genus of Rhodophysemataceae (Rhodophyta). Phycologia 30: 272–286. : 283, figs 1-51
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Meiodiscus spetsbergensis. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 7 September 2017.

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