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SaundersG.W. andClaydenS.L. 2010. Providing a valid epithet for the species widely known as Halosacciocolax kjellmaniiS. Lund (Palmariales, Rhodophyta) – Rhodophysema kjellmaniisp. nov. Phycologia49: 628.In a recent phylogenetic study of rather esoteric members of the red algal order Palmariales, Clayden & Saunders (2010) resolved the affinity of Halosacciocolax kjellmaniiS. Lund as within the genus Rhodophysemaand thus effected the combination Rhodophysema kjellmanii(S. Lund) Clayden & G.W. Saunders. This combination, however, is invalid because Lund (1959) failed to designate a type for H. kjellmaniias required by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN, Article 37.1). Therefore, along with Lund's new genus and species, all subsequent names in the genus Haloscciocolaxare likewise invalid (ICBN, Article 43.1). The heterotypic synonym Halosacciocolax lundiiEdelstein (Edelstein 1972; Guiry 1975; Cabioch & Guiry 1976) is therefore invalidly published and not available for this species. Thus, we propose the new name Rhodophysema kjellmaniisp. nov. for this well-characterized, albeit taxonomically orphaned, species. |
