Campylaephora boydenii (Gepp) Barros-Barreto & Maggs, comb. nov.

Ceramium boydenii E.S.Gepp, Journal of Botany, London 42: 164, pl. 460, figs 1-3 (Gepp 1904).

HOLOTYPE. — China. Wei-hei-wai, Liu-kung-tao Island . Illustration in Gepp (1904).

EPITYPE. — Japan. Sea of Japan, Fukui Prefecture, Echizen, Kuriya, Drift, 5.VII.1971, Hommersand s.n. (epi-, here designated, NCU [NCU-A-0004403]).

NOTES

In the publication E. S. Gepp did not designate a holotype, but he included (and referred to in the description) an illustration that we designate as the holotype. However, the figures are not very detailed and are not useful for identification. We therefore designate a collection made in Japan by M. Hommersand (specimen NCU-A-0004403) as an epitype. The latter is a very complete specimen, with reproductive structures present, and was the source of tissue for obtaining the DNA sequence data in this study.