Acrotylus prismaticus (J.Agardh) J.Agardh 1851

Publication Details
Acrotylus prismaticus (J.Agardh) J.Agardh 1851: 193

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 1. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-336 + 337-351 [Addenda and Indices]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Acrotylus is Acrotylus australis J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Corynomorpha prismatica (J.Agardh) J.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.

Basionym
Dumontia prismatica J.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: India; (Silva & al. 1996: 185)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), prism-shaped.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 29 May 2001 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 26 September 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 September 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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