Phyllacantha myrica (S.G.Gmelin) Kützing 1849

Publication Details
Phyllacantha myrica (S.G.Gmelin) Kützing 1849: 598 (as 'Ph. (?) myrica')

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Publication date: 23-24 July 1849

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Phyllacantha is Phyllacantha concatenata (Linnaeus) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Polycladia myrica (S.G.Gmelin) Draisma, Ballesteros, F.Rousseau & T.Thibaut.

Basionym
Fucus myrica S.G.Gemlin

Type Information
Type locality: "Mare mediterraneum? ad Littora Kamtschatica quoque legit Kraschenninikow" Collector: Kraschenninikow; (Gmelin 1768: 88) Notes: The type locality as reported by Gmelin “Locus Mare mediterraneum? ad Littora Kamtschatica quoque legit Kraschennikiow” is clearly inconsistent (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 47). Siberia: Kamchatka Peninsula (LT fide C. Agardh 1820) (Index Nominum Algarum).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 29 September 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 September 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024

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