Sphacelaria brachygonia Montagne 1843
Publication Details
Sphacelaria brachygonia Montagne 1843: 305
Published in: Montagne, C. (1843). Quatrième centurie de plantes cellulaires exotiques nouvelles. Décades VII. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Seconde Série 20: 294-306, pl. 12.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Sphacelaria is Sphacelaria cirrosa (Roth) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Hab ad littora insulae Divae Catarinae, ad Brasiliam (as Fucis parasitians?), Spiridiae clavulatae inmixta lecta." [Ilha de Santa Catarina, Brasil]; (Montagne 1843: 305) Lectotype: Gaudichaud; PC; herb. Montagne (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 41) Notes: Isotypes in L, PC, TCD.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 February 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 August 2015
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Nomenclatural note
Included in some publications as "brachygona" but the name "brachygonia" was originally used by Montagne (1843: 305). - (13 August 2014) - M.D. Guiry
Distributional note
"Ribera et al. (1992), in the note 9
(probably erroneously inserted), on the basis of
the paper by Riouall (1985) stated that this
species have been accidentally introduced from
Japan into the Thau Lagoon (France). However,
in Riouall's (1985) paper the species is not cited.
According to Verlaque (2001) it was never recorded
from Thau Lagoon." (Cormaci et al. 2012: 424). - (27 August 2015) - M.D. Guiry
Habitat note
Among other epiphytes on Turbinaria triquetra (Lipkin & Silva 2002). In reef pools; in shallow reef pools; at low tide level on breakwater (Womersley 1987). - (14 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 August 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2025
