Tricleocarpa cylindrica (J.Ellis & Solander) Huisman & Borowitzka 1990

Publication Details
Tricleocarpa cylindrica (J.Ellis & Solander) Huisman & Borowitzka 1990: 164, figs 40-45, 50-52

Published in: Huisman, J.M. & Borowitzka, M.A. (1990). A revision of the Australian species of Galaxaura (Rhodophyta, Galaxauraceae), with a description of Tricelocarpa gen. nov. Phycologia 29: 150-172, 56 figs.

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

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

Basionym
Corallina cylindrica J.Ellis & Solander

Type Information
Type locality: West Indies [Mr. Greg]; (Huisman & Borowitzka 1990: 164) (Huisman & Borowitzka 1990: 164) Notes: Huisman & Womersley (1994: 116) note that the type is lost; lectotypified by Ellis & Solander, 1786, pl. 22, fig.4 (see Papenfuss et al., 1982: 416).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), cylindrical.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Commonly found in tropical and subtropical seas (Huisman & Womersley 1994: 118). Usually on rocks thinly covered with sand, at depths ranging from intertidal rock pools to 15 m (Huisman (2006: 25).

Created: 29 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 April 2017

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Taxonomic notes
According to Silva et al. (1996), the name Galaxaura spongiosa has been misapplied to this species by G. Martens (1868: 25, 86-87) - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Collected at depths ranging from intertidal rock pools to 15 m; often found at sand/rock interfaces,attached to rock with its base lightly covered by sand (Huisman & Borowitzka 1990). - (18 July 2011) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
abundant on rocky reefs, rocks and shells of molluscs in the intertdidal zones of coral reef communities (Wiriyadamrikul et al. 2013). - (06 August 2013) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 April 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2025

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