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Asparagopsis Montagne, 1840 
AphiaID: 143809

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Biliphyta (Subkingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Eurhodophytina (Subdivision) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Rhodymeniophycidae (Subclass) > Bonnemaisoniales (Order) > Bonnemaisoniaceae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan de Saint-Léon, 1845
Parent Bonnemaisoniaceae Schmitz, 1892
Synonymised
taxa
  Falkenbergia F.Schmitz, 1897 (synonym)
Lictoria J.Agardh, 1841 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2). [details]

additional source: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

from synonym: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Asparagopsis armata Harvey, 1855
Species Asparagopsis svedelii W.R.Taylor, 1945
Species Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan de Saint-Léon, 1845

Species Asparagopsis delilei Montagne, 1841 accepted as Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan de Saint-Léon, 1845
Species Asparagopsis hamifera (Hariot) Okamura, 1921 accepted as Bonnemaisonia hamifera Hariot, 1891
Species Asparagopsis sandfordiana Harvey, 1855 accepted as Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan de Saint-Léon, 1845
Species Asparagopsis sanfordiana Harvey, 1855 accepted as Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan de Saint-Léon, 1845
Environment marine
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Images 
Asparagopsis taxiformis
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Asparagopsis taxiformis
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Asparagopsis taxiformis
[image from typetaxon]
Asparagopsis taxiformis
added on 2012-07-25 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143809
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Guiry, Michael D.
2012-07-04 13:40:04Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Asparagopsis Montagne, 1840. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=143809 on 2013-05-21
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