Dictyota dichotoma var. intricata (C.Agardh) Greville 1830
Publication Details
Dictyota dichotoma var. intricata (C.Agardh) Greville 1830: 58
Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
Request PDFPublication date: Feb.-March 1830
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
Zonaria dichotoma var. intricata C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: Cádiz, Spain; (Silva & al. 1996: 590) Type: LD?; (De Clerck 2003: 183)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dichotomous, having divisions always in pairs (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 March 2020
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Taxonomic notes
Tronholm et al (2010: 1309) note that this variety could not be distinguished from D. dichotoma using genetic markers applied in their study or with highly variable mitochondrial spacer sequences designed for phylogeographic purposes (F. Steen and O. De Clerck, unpubl data). - (04 February 2011) - G.M. Guiry
According to Silva et al., (1996) the following names have been applied to this species:
Dictyota cirrhosa - Hohenacker 1862 (1852-1862): no. 512 (in part).
Dictyota fasciola - Delf & Michel (1921: 101) - Stephenson, Stephenson & du Toit (1937: 372). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 March 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025
