Amphiroa cultrata Harvey 1849

Current name: Jania cultrata (Harvey) Ji H.Kim, Guiry & H.-G.Choi
South Africa - 09 December 2011. Robert Anderson (anderson@botzoo.uct.ac.za)

Publication Details
Amphiroa cultrata Harvey 1849: 102, pl. 309 (middle right group of 3 figs)

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1849). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. [Part 2]. pp. 65-124 [ends abruptly], pls XXVI-L. London: Reeve Brothers.

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Publication date: "before November 1849"

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Amphiroa is Amphiroa tribulus (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Jania cultrata (Harvey) Ji H.Kim, Guiry & H.-G.Choi.

Source of Synonymy
Kim, J.H., Guiry, M.D., Oak, J.H., Choi, D.-S., Kang, S.-H., Chung, H. & Choi, H.-G. (2007). Phylogenetic relationships within the tribe Janieae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) based on molecular and morphological data: a reappraisal of Jania. Journal of Phycology 43: 1310-1319.

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Port Natal (Eurban), South Africa; (Silva & al. 1996: 227) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Johansen (1977: 175)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 24 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 February 2008

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 February 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025