Leptophytum flavescens comb. nov. (Corallinales, Rhodophyta), an Arctic endemic from the sublittoral of NW Spitsbergen, North Norway, and western Novaya Zemlya, with epitypification of L. laeve

• Main Author: Athanasiadis, Athanasios
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Figshare 2016
• Subjects: Cell Biology; Genetics; FOS Biological sciences; Physiology; Evolutionary Biology; 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Ecology; 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Developmental Biology; Cancer; Infectious Diseases; FOS Health sciences; Arctic; Kjellman; Norway; Karlsøy; North Norway; Novaya Zemlya; Spitsbergen; Troms
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3261850.v1; https://figshare.com/collections/_i_Leptophytum_flavescens_i_comb_nov_Corallinales_Rhodophyta_an_Arctic_endemic_from_the_sublittoral_of_NW_Spitsbergen_North_Norway_and_western_Novaya_Zemlya_with_epitypification_of_i_L_laeve_i_/3261850/1

Type material of Lithothamnion flavescens Kjellman, originally described from Karlsøy (Troms) and Karmakul Bay (Novaya Zemlya), is re-examined and a lectotype is selected. Type specimens and other collections from NW Spitsbergen and North Norway possess distinctive characters of the genus Leptophytu...