Discosporangium mesarthrocarpum (Meneghini) Hauck 1885

Current name:
Discosporangium mesarthrocarpum (Meneghini) Hauck
Gulf of Naples, Italy; filaments with peculiar plate-like plurilocular zoidangia of this speciesEric Henry (eric@reedmariculture.com)
Publication Details
Discosporangium mesarthrocarpum (Meneghini) Hauck 1885: 525, fig. 236
Published in: Hauck, F. (1885). Die Meeresalgen Deutschlands und Österreichs. In: Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Zweite Auflage. (Rabenhorst, L. Eds) Vol. 2, pp. 513-575, [i]-xxiii [xxiv]. Leipzig: Eduard Kummer.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Discosporangium is Discosporangium subtile Falkenberg.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Callithamnion mesarthrocarpum Meneghini
Type Information
Type locality: Dalmatia (Adriatic Sea), Mediterranean; (Womersley 1987: 146) Type: FI?; (Womersley 1987: 146) Notes: Dalmazia: Vidovich (INA).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 September 2014
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Distributional note
Probable adventive species found on southern Australian coasts (Womersley 2003: 499). - (18 February 2009) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 September 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 April 2025