Laurencia intricata J.V.Lamouroux 1813

Publication Details
Laurencia intricata J.V.Lamouroux 1813: 131, pl. 9: figs 8, 9

Published in: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1813). Essai sur les genres de la famille des Thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 20: 21-47, 115-139, 267-293, plates 7-13.

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Publication date: 1813

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Laurencia is Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Antilles; (Lamouroux 1813: 131) Type: CN?; Notes: PC (Collad0-Vides et al., 2018: 293).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), entangled (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 12 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 February 2022

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Taxonomic notes
Laurencia intricata Lamouroux, prox. (Taylor, 1945). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
It exist also Laurencia intricata Kützing, Tab. Phic. 15:22. 1865. Its Current Name is Laurencia obtusa f. intricata Schiffner 1933. (See INA) - (19 March 2024) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

Habitat note
In shallow habitats, ususllay forming drifting-masses intermingled with seagrasses, or growing as epiphytes or on top of small shells or any hard substrate; <1 m to 3-4 m depth (Collado-Vides et al., 2018). - (16 July 2018) - G.M. Guiry

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