Bifida divaricata Stackhouse 1809

Current name: Rhodophyllis divaricata (Stackhouse) Papenfuss
microscope, Ría de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, 2008; TS thallusIgnacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Bifida divaricata Stackhouse 1809: 97

Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1809). Tentamen marino-cryptogamicum, ordinem novum; in genera et species distributum, in Classe XXIVta Linnaei sistens. Mémoires de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 2: [50]-97.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Bifida.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhodymenia pseudopalmata (J.V.Lamouroux) P.C.Silva.

Source of Synonymy
Woelkerling, W.J., Furnari, G., Cormaci, M., McNeill, J. & Guiry, M.D. (2020). Typification and nomenclature of Rhodophyllis bifida and R. divaricata (Rhodophyta) in relation to Fucus bifidus Hudson, F. bifidus Turner, Bifida divaricata Stackhouse and Delesseria bifida J.V. Lamouroux. Notulae Algarum 154: 1-14, 5 figs.

Type Information
Type locality: Hampshire, England; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 199) Notes: "In accord with ICN Art. 7.4, the nomenclatural type of F. bifidus Hudson is also the nomenclatural type of the replacement name Bifida divaricata Stackhouse (Stackhouse 1809: 97) and its subsequent combination Rhodophyllis divaricata (Stackhouse) Papenfuss (Papenfuss 1950: 190)." (Woelkerling & al. 2020: 10). Neotype of Fucus bifidus Hudson): Turner (1809: pl. 73, fig. g).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), divaricate, spreading at a wide angle (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 September 2020

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