Desmarestia distans (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1848
Publication Details
Desmarestia distans (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1848: 168
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1848). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen Primum. Algas fucoideas complectens. pp. [i-vi], [i]-viii, [1]-363. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Desmarestia is Desmarestia aculeata (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Desmarestia ligulata f. distans (C.Agardh) A.F.Peters, E.C.Yang, F.C.Küpper & Prud'homme.
Source of Synonymy
Yang, E.C., Peters, A.F., Kawai, H., Stern, R., Hanyuda, T., Bárbara, I., Müller, D.G., Strittmatter, M., Prud'homme van Reine, W.F. & Küpper, F.C. (2014). Ligulate Desmarestia (Desmarestiales, Phaeophyceae) revisited: D. japonica sp. nov. and D. dudresnayi differ from D. ligulata. Journal of Phycology 50(1): 149-166.
Basionym
Sporochnus ligulatus var. distans C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: ad insulas Malouinas; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), distant (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 April 2014
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 April 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 November 2024
