Feldmannia indica (Sonder) Womersley & A.Bailey 1970

Publication Details
Feldmannia indica (Sonder) Womersley & A.Bailey 1970: 288

Published in: Womersley, H.B.S. & Bailey, A. (1970). Marine algae of the Solomon Islands. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B. Biological Sciences 259: 257-352.

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Publication date: 10 September 1970

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Feldmannia is Feldmannia lebelii (J.E.Areschoug ex P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Hamel.

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

Basionym
Ectocarpus indicus Sonder

Type Information
Type locality: Pulo Kambing, Bima Bay, Sumbawa (Bima Island), Indonesia; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 40) Type: Zollinger No. 3428; MEL; 26389 (Womersley & Bailey 1970: 288) Notes: On calcareous rocks (Lipkin & Silva 2002). According to Womersley & Bailey (1970: 288): "The type in MEL (26389) consists of two paper-mounted specimens and one (plus fragments) mica mount, together with Sonder's sketches, and labelled 'Planta a cl. Zollingero lecta. no. 3428, Bima, Ins. Sumbawa." The specimens are all of one taxon and not a mixture as Setchell (1924, p. 170) suspected."

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), pertaining to India (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 14 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 March 2021

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