Microdictyon montagnei Harvey ex J.E.Gray 1866

Publication Details
Microdictyon montagnei Harvey ex J.E.Gray 1866: 69

Published in: Gray, J.E. (1866). On Anadyomene and Microdictyon, with the description of three new allied genera, discovered by Menzies in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 4: 41-51, 65-72, pl. 44.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Microdictyon is Microdictyon agardhianum Decaisne.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Boodlea montagnei (Harvey ex J.E.Gray) Egerod.

Type Information
Type locality: Tonga; (Silva & al. 1996: 790) Holotype: Harvey; BM; (Leliaert & Coppejans 2004: 202) Notes: Harvey, Algae Insul. Amicorum Exsicc. No. 89.

Eponomy
Named for Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne (1784-1866).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 July 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 August 2019

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 August 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 December 2024

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