Wittrockiella lyallii (Harvey) C.Hoek, Ducker & Womersley 1984
Publication Details
Wittrockiella lyallii (Harvey) C.Hoek, Ducker & Womersley 1984: 45
Published in: Hoek, C. van den, Ducker, S.C. & Womersley, H.B.S. (1984). Wittrockiella salina Chapman (Cladophorales, Chlorophyceae), a mat and ball forming alga. Phycologia 23: 39-46.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Wittrockiella is Wittrockiella paradoxa Wille.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Cladophora lyallii Harvey
Type Information
Type locality: Stewart Island, New Zealand; (Hoek, Ducker & Womersley 1984: 45) Type: TCD; (Hoek, Ducker & Womersley 1984: 45) Notes: Hoek et al. (1984: 45) note that the type of this species which is preserved at Trinity College, Dublin, is labelled with the following annotations in Harvey's handwriting: 'South Island, New Zealand. Cladophora lyallii n. sp.' and 'Nov.Zel.D. Lyall Cladophora lyallii' (the 'South Island' of Harvey is now Stewart I.). According to Boedeker et al. (2010: 530), D. Lyall collected the type and there are isolectotypes in BM.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 July 2017
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Habitat note
Occurs in specialized habitats, typically in the intertidal zone in areas with freshwater seepage (Boedeker et al. 2010). - (15 December 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 March 2025
