Scytothalia axillaris (R.Brown ex Turner) Kützing 1849
Current name:
Seirococcus axillaris (R.Brown ex Turner) Greville
Harvey 1858 Phycologia australica Vol. I: pl. III - 06 December 2021. Out of copyright; free for use
Publication Details
Scytothalia axillaris (R.Brown ex Turner) Kützing 1849: 593
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Scytothalia is Scytothalia dorycarpa (Turner) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Seirococcus axillaris (R.Brown ex Turner) Greville.
Source of Synonymy
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.
Basionym
Fucus axillaris R.Brown ex Turner
Type Information
Type locality: "At Port Dalrymple, in New Holland. Mr. Brown." [Tasmania]; (Turner 1809-1811: 28) Holotype: BM; (Womersley 1987: 348)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), borne in the axils.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 August 2012 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 February 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
