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Pedobesia simplex (Kützing) comb. nov. (Chlorophyta), a new name for P. lamourouxii and its first report from the Indian Ocean
Wynne, M.J.; Leliaert, F. (2001). Pedobesia simplex (Kützing) comb. nov. (Chlorophyta), a new name for P. lamourouxii and its first report from the Indian Ocean. Cryptogam., Algol. 22(1): 3-14. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0181-1568(00)01052-7
In: Cryptogamie. Algologie. ADAC: Paris. ISSN 0181-1568; e-ISSN 1776-0984
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Keywords
    Classification > Taxonomy
    Pedobesia lamourouxii (J.Agardh) Feldmann, Loreau, Codomier & Couté, 1975 [WoRMS]; Pedobesia simplex (Meneghini ex Kützing) M.J.Wynne & F.Leliaert, 2001 [WoRMS]
    Indian Ocean [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal

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  • Wynne, M.J.
  • Leliaert, F.

Abstract
    The green alga Pedobesia lamourouxii (J. Agardh) Feidmann et al. (Bryopsidates) is reported from the northern Arabian Sea on the basis of collections from the Sultanate of Oman and Socotra Island (Yemen). Vegetative and sporangial plants as well as the ecology are described. These collections constitute the first record of this widely distributed species for the Indian Ocean. In the course of this study we discovered that Bryopsis simplex Kützing is an older taxonomic synonym, and thus we propose Pedobesia simplex (Kützing) comb. nov. as the correct name for this species. A specimen of Bryopsis simplex in the Leiden Herbarium (L) is designated as lectotype.

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