Myagropsis thunbergii (Mertens ex Roth) Kützing 1849
Current name:
Sargassum thunbergii (Mertens ex Roth) Kuntze
1. Branch fragment. 2. Fragment with vesicles and phylloids. 3. Vesicles. 4. Habit, cast ashore (Sesoko Isl., Okinawa, Japan). - 09 March 2012. Eduard and Tamara Titlyanova (etitlyanov@mail.ru)
Publication Details
Myagropsis thunbergii (Mertens ex Roth) Kützing 1849: 635
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Myagropsis is Myagropsis turneri Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sargassum thunbergii (Mertens ex Roth) Kuntze.
Source of Synonymy
Kuntze, O. (1880). Revision von Sargassum und das sogennante Sargasso-Meer. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 1: 191-239, 2 plates.
Basionym
Fucus thunbergii Mertens ex Roth
Type Information
Syntype localities: ""E Chinae et Iaponiae maribus attulit Ill. Thunberg" cujus nomen huic Algae imposuiit dilectiss. Mertens." [China and Japan seas];
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 December 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 October 2012
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 October 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
