Spyridia complanata J.Agardh 1851
Publication Details
Spyridia complanata J.Agardh 1851: 343 [bis]
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 1. pp. 337 [bis]-351 [bis] 352-506. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Spyridia is Spyridia filamentosa (Wulfen) Harvey.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spyridia aculeata subsp. complanata (J.Agardh) Hommersand.
Source of Synonymy
Hommersand, M.H. (1963). The morphology and classification of some Ceramiaceae and Rhodomelaceae. University of California Publications in Botany 35: [1]-vii, 165-366, 52 figs, 6 pls.
Type Information
Syntype localities: West Indies, Brazil; (Agardh 1851: 343) Type: LD; Herb. alg. Agardh, 19357
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flattened out, usually in one plane (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 10 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 February 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 February 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
