Dicranema furcellatum (Montagne) J.Agardh 1876
Current name:
Sarconema filiforme (Sonder) Kylin
Plant figured represents Gracilaria cliftonii; Gracilaria furcellata represents Sarconema filiforme as to name.
Publication Details
Dicranema furcellatum (Montagne) J.Agardh 1876: 436
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.
Request PDFPublication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Dicranema is Dicranema grevillei Sonder.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sarconema filiforme (Sonder) Kylin.
Source of Synonymy
Papenfuss, G.F. & Edelstein, T. (1974). The morphology and taxonomy of the red alga Sarconema (Gigartinales: Solieriaceae). Phycologia 13(1): 31-43, 25 figs.
Basionym
Plocaria furcellata Montagne
Type Information
Type locality: Hodeida, Yemen; (Silva & al. 1996: 336)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), forked; having a small notch at apex (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 14 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 June 2010
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Citing AlgaeBase
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 June 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 December 2024
