Desmia pulvinata J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Desmia pulvinata J.Agardh 1876: 356
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 (holotype) of the genus Desmia is Desmia ligulata Lyngbye.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Portieria hornemannii (Lyngbye) P.C.Silva.
Type Information
Type locality: Sri Lanka; (Silva & al. 1996: 217)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), cushion-shaped, strongly convexed (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 June 2001 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 08 January 2024
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 January 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 November 2024
