Sphacelaria tribuloides Meneghini 1840

Publication Details
Sphacelaria tribuloides Meneghini 1840: [2]

Published in: Meneghini, G. (1840). Lettera del Prof. Giuseppe Meneghini al Dott. Iacob Corinaldi a Pisa. pp. [1-4]. Pisa: Tipografia Prosperi.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sphacelaria is Sphacelaria cirrosa (Roth) C.Agardh.

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

Type Information
Type locality: La Spezia, Italy; (Prud'homme van Reine 1982: 179) Lectotype: L; 937.71.699 (Prud'homme van Reine 1982: 179) Notes: On submerged rocks, leg. Meneghini; isotypes in LD, PC (Lipkin & Silva 2002). Womersley (1987: 160) gives the following data: Type from Gulf of Spezia, N. Italy; in FI (?).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 October 2024

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Taxonomic note
According to Silva et al. (1996) the name Sphacelaria cervicornis has been misapplied to this species by Montagne (1845: 38). John et al. (2004) cite Sphacelaria hancockii E.Y. Dawson as a synonym of this species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
Widespread in warm and temperate seas. On drifting Turbinaria; on rocks; among other epiphytes on Turbinaria triquetra; on Padina boergesenii (Lipkin & Silva 2002). A common species on rock at or just below low tide level (Womersley 1987). - (15 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 April 2025

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