Dictyota interrupta J.V.Lamouroux, nom. illeg. 1813

Publication Details
Dictyota interrupta J.V.Lamouroux, nom. illeg. 1813: 272, pl. 12: fig. 1

Published in: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1813). Essai sur les genres de la famille des Thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 20: 21-47, 115-139, 267-293, plates 7-13.

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Publication date: 1813

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dictyota is Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Zonaria subarticulata (J.V.Lamouroux) Papenfuss.

Source of Synonymy
De Clerck, O. (2003). The genus Dictyota in the Indian Ocean. Opera Botanica Belgica 13: 1-205, 54 figs, 12 tables.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), interrupted, not continued (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 31 May 2005

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Nomenclatural note
De Clerck (2003) notes that Lamouroux's change of the epithet subarticulata into interrupta was unwarranted and hence renders D. interrupta illegitimate. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 May 2005. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 April 2025

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