Acanthococcus pusillus (Harvey) Harvey, nom. illeg. 1863
Current name:
Mychodea pusilla (Harvey) J.Agardh
Cape Peron, Western Australia; scale 3 mmJ.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Acanthococcus pusillus (Harvey) Harvey, nom. illeg. 1863: pl. 266
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1863). 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. 5. pp. [i]-x, v-lxxiii (Synoptic catalogue), Plates CCXLI-CCC (with text). London: Lovell Reeve.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Acanthococcus is Acanthococcus antarcticus Hooker f. & Harvey.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Mychodea pusilla (Harvey) J.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Kraft, G.T. & Saunders, G.W. (2017). Mychodea and the Mychodeaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) revisited: molecular analyses shed light on interspecies relationships in Australia's largest endemic genus and family. Australian Systematic Botany 30: 230-258, 16 figs.
Basionym
Dicranema pusillum Harvey
Type Information
Type locality: "...near Emu Point, King George's Sound..." [King George Sound, Western Australia]; (Harvey 1855: 550) Lectotype: W.H. Harvey sine numero; Jan. 1854; TCD; 0015300 [Harvey Trav. Set No. 80] (Kraft & Saunders 2017: 241) Notes: Isotypes: Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 313-B.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very small (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 May 2003 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 December 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
