Colpomenia durvillei (Bory) M.E.Ramírez 1991
Publication Details
Colpomenia durvillei (Bory) M.E.Ramírez 1991: 17 (as 'durvillaei')
Published in: Ramírez, M.E. & Rojas, V.G. (1991). El genero Colpomenia (F.C. Mertens ex Roth) Derbes et Solier (Phaeophyceae), en Chile. Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. [Santiago de Chile] 42: 11-24.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Colpomenia is Colpomenia sinuosa (Mertens ex Roth) Derbès & Solier.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Dactylosiphon durvillei (Bory) Santiañez, K.M.Lee, S.M.Boo & Kogame.
Source of Synonymy
Santiañez, W.J.E., Macaya, E.C., Lee, K.M., Cho, G.Y., Boo, S.M. & Kogame, K. (2018). Taxonomic reassessment of the Indo-Pacific Scytosiphonaceae (Phaeophyceae): Hydroclathrus rapanuii sp. nov. and Chnoospora minima from Easter Island, with proposal of Dactylosiphon gen. nov. and Pseudochnoospora gen. nov. Botanica Marina 61(1): 47-64.
Basionym
Asperococcus durvillei Bory
Type Information
Type locality: Concepcion, Chile; (Ramírez & Rojas 1991: 19) Lectotype: d'Urville; PC; Herb. Bornet-Thuret, TA 5284 (Ramírez & Rojas 1991: 19) Notes: Type is illustrated as fig. 10 in Ramírez & Rojas (1991).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 April 2018
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Distributional note
According to Lee et al. (2012), C. durvillei had previously been misidentified as a variant of C. phaeodactyla on the Pacific coast of South America, and the name C. durvillei was misapplied to C. bullosa in New Zealand. - (07 January 2013) - G.M. Guiry
Habitat note
epilithic, intertidal, semiexposed (Lee et al., 2014). - (10 December 2014) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 April 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 April 2025
