Amphiroa beauvoisii J.V.Lamouroux 1816

Publication Details
Amphiroa beauvoisii J.V.Lamouroux 1816: 299

Published in: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. pp. [i]-lxxxiv, chart, [1]-560, [560, err], pls I-XIX, uncol. by author. Caen: De l'imprimerie de F. Poisson.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Amphiroa is Amphiroa tribulus (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux.

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

Type Information
Type locality: "Côtes du Portugal" [Portugal coasts]; (Lamouroux 1816: 299) Holotype: unknown; CN; unnumbered (Harvey, Woelkerling & Millar 2009: 268) Notes: Type illustrated in Harvey et al. (2013: fig. 4C). Collector: Palisot de Beauvois (INA).

Eponomy
Named for the French botanist Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot, Baron de Beauvois (1752-1820).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 July 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 03 June 2022

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Nomenclatural note
Misapplied names: 'A. anceps'auct. non (Lamarck) Decaisne (MEL 664927); 'A. ephedraea' auct. non (Lamarck) Decaisne (NSW 713347) (Harvey et al. 2009: 267). - (28 April 2010) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
Occurs intertidally in rock pools and to depth of 15 m; epilithic (Harvey et al. 2009: 273). - (28 April 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 June 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2025

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