Leathesia berkeleyi (Greville) Harvey 1848

Publication Details
Leathesia berkeleyi (Greville) Harvey 1848: pl. CLXXVI [176]

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1848). Phycologia britannica, or, a history of British sea-weeds: containing coloured figures, generic and specific characters, synonymes, and descriptions of all the species of algae inhabiting the shores of the British Islands. pp. text with plates, pls CXLV-CCXVI [145-216]. London: Reeve & Benham.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Leathesia is Leathesia tuberiformis S.F.Gray.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Petrospongium berkeleyi (Greville) Nägeli ex Kützing.

Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1858). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. VIII pp. i-ii, 1-48, 100 plates. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne).

Basionym
Chaetophora berkeleyi Greville

Type Information
Type locality: Torquay, on marble rocks, summer 1825 (Berkeley); (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 15 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 October 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024

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