Ectocarpus indicus Sonder 1854

Publication Details
Ectocarpus indicus Sonder 1854: 2, 3, footnote

Published in: Sonder, O.G. (1854). Algae. In: Systematisches Verzeichniss der im indischen Archipel in den Jahren 1842-1848 gesammelten sowie der aus Japan empfangenen Pflanzen. (Zollinger, H. Eds), pp. 1-4. Zürich: Druch und Verlag von E. Kiesling.

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Publication date: June 1854

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ectocarpus is Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Feldmannia indica (Sonder) Womersley & A.Bailey.

Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. & Bailey, A. (1970). Marine algae of the Solomon Islands. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B. Biological Sciences 259: 257-352.

Type Information
Type locality: Pulo Kambing, Bima Bay, Sumbawa (Bima Island), Indonesia; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 40) Type: Zollinger No. 3428; MEL; 26389 (Womersley & Bailey 1970: 288) Notes: On calcareous rocks (Lipkin & Silva 2002). According to Womersley & Bailey (1970: 288): "The type in MEL (26389) consists of two paper-mounted specimens and one (plus fragments) mica mount, together with Sonder's sketches, and labelled 'Planta a cl. Zollingero lecta. no. 3428, Bima, Ins. Sumbawa." The specimens are all of one taxon and not a mixture as Setchell (1924, p. 170) suspected."

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 March 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 November 2024

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