Dichophycus repens (C.Agardh) Zanardini 1847

Publication Details
Dichophycus repens (C.Agardh) Zanardini 1847: 16, pl. 6: figs a-i

Published in: Zanardini, G. (1847). Notizie intorno alle cellulari marine delle lagune e de'litorali di Venezia (I). Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 6: 185-262, 1 plate.

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Publication date: March 1847

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Dichophycus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gloiocladia repens (C.Agardh) N.Sánchez & Rodríguez-Prieto.

Source of Synonymy
Rodríguez-Prieto, C., Freshwater, D. W. & Sánchez, N. (2007). Vegetative and reproductive morphology of Gloiocladia repens (C. Agardh) Sánchez et Rodríguez-Prieto comb. nov. (Rhodymeniales, Rhodophyta), with a taxonomic re-assessment of the genera Fauchea and Gloiocladia. European Journal of Phycology 42(2): 145-162, 38 Figs, 3 Tables.

Basionym
Sphaerococcus repens C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: near Cádiz, Spain; (Silva & al. 1996: 360) Lectotype: LD; 25705 (Rodríguez-Prieto, Freshwater & Sánchez 2007: 146)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), creeping, prostrate and rooting (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 04 June 2003 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 July 2011

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 July 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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