Ophidocladus simpliciusculus (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Falkenberg 1897

Publication Details
Ophidocladus simpliciusculus (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Falkenberg 1897: 461

Published in: Schmitz, F. & Falkenberg, P. (1897). Rhodomelaceae. In: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten insbesondere den Nutzpflanzen unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher hervorragender Fachgelehrten, Teil 1, Abteilung 2. (Engler, A. & Prantl, K. Eds), pp. 421-480. Leipzig: verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.

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

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

Basionym
Polysiphonia simpliciuscula P.Crouan & H.Crouan

Type Information
Type locality: Anse du Minou, Finistère, France; (Crouan & Crouan 1852: no. 302) Lectotype: PC; 0581971 (Diaz-Tapia et al. 2014: 202, fig. 2) Notes: According to Womersley (2003: 337) the holotype should be in Herb. Crouan, CO and he describes an isotype (Crouan 302) in PC. No specimens of P. simpliciuscula were found in the Crouan brothers' Herbarium (CO but temporarily in PC), and a specimen corresponding to the Crouans' exsiccata was selected as lectotype in the herbarium of Thuret (Diaz-Tapia et al., 2014: 202).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Confined to lower eulittoral rock (Womersley 2003: 337).

Created: 04 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 18 February 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 December 2024

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