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Rhodoglossum gigartinoides

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Rhodoglossum gigartinoides
Rhodoglossum gigartinoides pressing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Gigartinales
Family: Gigartinaceae
Genus: Rhodoglossum
Species:
R. gigartinoides
Binomial name
Rhodoglossum gigartinoides
(Sonder) Edyvane & Womersley 1993

Rhodoglossum gigartinoides is a species of red algae, of the Gigartinaceae family.[1] This algae is found primarily in marine waters of Australia and New Zealand. It was reported in the subantarctic Kerguelen Islands in 2021.[2]

Taxonomy

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R. gigantinoides was originally described in 1855 in the genus Grateloupia by Otto Wilhelm Sonder. It was reclassified into the genus Rhodoglossum in 1993.[3] It also has 13 heterotypic synonyms in the genera Gigartina, Rhodoglossum, and Iridaea.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rhodoglossum gigartinoides (Sonder) Edyvane & Womersley 1993". Algae Base. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  2. ^ Féral, Jean-Pierre; Verlaque, Marc; Rosenfeld, Sebastián; Poulin, Elie; Chenuil, Anne; Saucède, Thomas (2021-09-01). "The Marine Vegetation of the Kerguelen Islands: History of Scientific Campaigns, Inventory of the Flora and First Analysis of Its Biogeographical Affinities". Cryptogamie, Algologie. 42 (12). doi:10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2021v42a12. ISSN 0181-1568.
  3. ^ Edyvane, K. S.; Womersley, H. B. S. (1993). "Morphology and taxonomy of Rhodoglossum gigartinoides (Sonder) comb. nov. (Gigartinaceae, Rhodophyta) from Australia and New Zealand". Phycologia. 32 (4): 237–250. doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-32-4-237.1. ISSN 0031-8884.