Cladophora anastomosans Harvey 1859
Current name: Phyllodictyon anastomosans (Harvey) Kraft & M.J.Wynne
Publication Details
Cladophora anastomosans Harvey 1859: pl. CI [101]
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1859). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all Known australian algae. Vol. 2. pp. [i]-viii, Plates LXI-CXX (with text). London: Lovell Reeve & Co..
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cladophora is Cladophora oligoclona (Kützing) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Phyllodictyon anastomosans (Harvey) Kraft & M.J.Wynne.
Source of Synonymy
Kraft, G.T. & Wynne, M.J. (1996). Delineation of the genera Struvea Sonder and Phyllodictyon J.E. Gray (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta). Phycological Research 44: 129-143, 28 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: "Cast ashore at Fremantle, rare, W. H. H." [Fremantle, Western Australia]; (Harvey 1859: expl. pl. CI) Type: W.H. Harvey; TCD; Alg. Austal. Exsicc. no. 582a (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 60)
Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), anastomosing.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 March 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 November 2024
