Coeloclonium umbellatum (Harvey) J.Agardh 1876

Publication Details
Coeloclonium umbellatum (Harvey) J.Agardh 1876: 640 (as 'umbellata')

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.

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Publication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Coeloclonium is Coeloclonium opuntioides (Harvey) J.Agardh.

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

Basionym
Chondria umbellula Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: Rottnest Island, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 486) Notes: According to Womersley (2003: 415) the lectotype is from Garden I., Western Australia; Harvey, Alg. Aust. Exsic. 161a, in Herb. Harvey, TCD.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with umbels.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Occurs mainly on the sea-grasses Posidonia and Amphibolis, though Harvey (1860: 147) reported it on "smaller algae" at Garden Island (Womersley 2003: 415).

Created: 27 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 January 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 November 2024

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