Dictyota dichotoma f. implexa (Desfontaines) Hauck 1883

Publication Details
Dictyota dichotoma f. implexa (Desfontaines) Hauck 1883: 306

Published in: Hauck, F. (1883). Die Meeresalgen Deutschlands und Österreichs. In: Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Zweite Auflage. (Rabenhorst, L. Eds) Vol. 2, pp. 113-320. Leipzig: Eduard Kummer.

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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 currently regarded as a synonym of Dictyota implexa (Desfontaines) J.V.Lamouroux.

Source of Synonymy
De Clerck, O. (2003). The genus Dictyota in the Indian Ocean. Opera Botanica Belgica 13: 1-205, 54 figs, 12 tables.

Basionym
Fucus implexus Desfontaines

Type Information
Type locality: Habitat in mare mediterraneo [Mediterranean Sea]; (Desfontaines 1799: 423) Holotype: PC; 0146187 (Tronholm et al. 2010: 1313, fig. 8A) Notes: Tronholm et al. (2010: 1313) select GENT FS 338 as epitype (fig. 8B) as epitype of Dictyota implexa (Desfontaines) Lamouroux.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dichotomous, having divisions always in pairs (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 02 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 February 2024

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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