Dasya feredayae Harvey 1859

Publication Details
Dasya feredayae Harvey 1859: 303, no fig.

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1859). Algae. Part III. Flora Tasmaniae. In: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross...Vol. II. Part III. Flora Tasmaniae. Monocotyledones and Acotyledones. (Hooker, J.D. Eds), pp. 282-343. London: Lovell Reeve.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dasya is Dasya pedicellata (C.Agardh) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Micropeuce feredayae (Harvey) Kylin ex P.C.Silva.

Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: [i]-xiv, 1-1259.

Type Information
Type locality: "In the Tamar, at and above Georgetown, Mrs. Fereday, etc." [Tasmania]; (Womersley 2003: 255) Lectotype (designated by Womersley 2002: 255): W.H. Harvey; BM; Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 220 (Womersley 2003: 255) Notes: Womersley (2003: 255) "Type from the Tamar, at Georgetown, Tas. (Harvey, Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 220); lectotype in BM.". It would have been better to designate Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 220 in TCD rather than in BM.

Eponomy
Named for Mrs. Fereday collector, and wife of Rev. John Fereday (1813-1871) of Georgetown, Tasmania.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 01 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 March 2023

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