Dictyota mertensii (C.Martius) Kützing 1859

Publication Details
Dictyota mertensii (C.Martius) Kützing 1859: 15, pl. 36: fig. 1

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1859). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. IX [9] pp. i-vii, 1-42, 100 pls. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne).

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dictyota is Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Ulva mertensii C.Martius

Type Information
Type locality: Salvador, Brazil; (De Clerck 2003: 182) Lectotype: M?; (De Clerck 2003: 182)

Origin of Species Name
(Latinised), named for Dr Mertens

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 29 June 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 November 2021

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Nomenclatural note
De Clerck (2003) notes that Dictyota dentata Lamouroux the name usually applied to this species is illegitimate because the author cited F. atomarius S.G. Gmelin (1768: 125, pl. 10, fig.1) as a synonym and therefore should have used the epithet atomaria (Silva et al., 1987: 76). Moreover, F. atomarius represents a red algal species belonging to the genus Odonthalia. Dictyota mertensii is the oldest available name. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2025

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