Amphiroa verrucosa J.V.Lamouroux 1816
Publication Details
Amphiroa verrucosa J.V.Lamouroux 1816: 300 ['500'], pl. 11: fig 4
Published in: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. pp. [i]-lxxxiv, chart, [1]-560, [560, err], pls I-XIX, uncol. by author. Caen: De l'imprimerie de F. Poisson.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Amphiroa is Amphiroa tribulus (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Type Information
Type locality: ‘Australie’; (Ducker 1979: 89) Type: CN; (Ducker 1979: 89) Notes: Type locality: "Australasie" (Silva et al. 1996: 222).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), warty (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 November 2001 by Olivia Fitzgerald.
Last updated: 23 January 2021
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Taxonomic note
Ducker (1979: 89) cites this as a synonym of Metagoniolithon chara (Lamarck) Ducker 1979. According to Womersley & Johansen in Womersley (1996: 323), Ducker's photograph of the type shows a fragment more like M. stelliferum and A. verrucosa is referred with doubt by them to that species rather than M. chara. Harvey et al. (2013: table 3, p. 140) give the current status as "Heterotypic synonym of Metogoniolithon chara or Metagoniolithon stelliferum." - (01 May 2009) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 January 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2025
