Chnoospora obtusangula (Harvey) Sonder 1871
Publication Details
Chnoospora obtusangula (Harvey) Sonder 1871: 45
Published in: Sonder, O.G. (1871). Die Algen des tropischen Australiens. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg 5(2): 33-74, pls I-VI.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chnoospora is Chnoospora pacifica J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pseudochnoospora implexa (J.Agardh) Santiañez, G.Y.Cho & Kogame.
Source of Synonymy
Santiañez, W.J.E., Macaya, E.C., Lee, K.M., Cho, G.Y., Boo, S.M. & Kogame, K. (2018). Taxonomic reassessment of the Indo-Pacific Scytosiphonaceae (Phaeophyceae): Hydroclathrus rapanuii sp. nov. and Chnoospora minima from Easter Island, with proposal of Dactylosiphon gen. nov. and Pseudochnoospora gen. nov. Botanica Marina 61(1): 47-64.
Basionym
Dictyota obtusangula Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: "Lifuka, Friendly Island" [Tonga]; (Kützing 1859: 13) Type: Harvey; herb. Sonder; (INA 1996) Notes: De Clerck (2003) notes that according to Silva et al. (1996: 625), D. obtusangula was based on a specimen distributed by Harvey, without a description, in his Friendly Island exsiccata (1857c: No. 59) under the name Chnoospora obtusangula.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 02 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 April 2018
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 April 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024
