Digenea simplex (Wulfen) C.Agardh 1822

Publication Details
Digenea simplex (Wulfen) C.Agardh 1822: 389

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1822). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum pars posterior. pp. [v-vi], 169-398. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.

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Publication date: probably Oct 1822

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Digenea.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Conferva simplex Wulfen

Type Information
Type locality: "Tergesti in Trunco fucorum, mari Adriatici" [Trieste, Italy]; (Wulfen 1803: 17) Notes: Franz Xavier von Wulfen's (1728-1805) types are at W.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), simple, undivided, unbranched, of one piece or series, not consisting of several distinct parts (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 18 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 March 2024

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Habitat notes
Common in exposed or sheltered areas of the intertidal, also subtidal, caespitose forming dense turfs (García-Soto & Lopez-Bautista, 2018). - (12 November 2018) - G.M. Guiry
Known from the tropical and warm temperate Atlantic Ocean; in rock pools (Tittley et al. 2009). Widespread in warm seas. In Chondrophycus papillosus community, on rock flat gently sloping seawards (Lipkin & Silva 2002). - (25 March 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 March 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2025

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