Rhodomela dorsifera C.Agardh 1822

Current name: Callophycus dorsiferus (C.Agardh) P.C.Silva
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 r

Publication Details
Rhodomela dorsifera C.Agardh 1822: (1822-1823): 372

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1822). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum pars posterior. pp. [v-vi], 169-398. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.

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Publication date: probably Oct 1822

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodomela is Rhodomela subfusca (Woodward) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Callophycus dorsiferus (C.Agardh) P.C.Silva.

Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C. (1957). Remarks on algal nomenclature. Taxon 6: 141-145.

Type Information
Type locality: "ad oras novae Hollandiae"; (Silva & al. 1996: 328) Holotype: PC, Herb. Agardh, LD (part); 25552 (Womersley 1994: 335) Notes: Part in Herb. Agardh, LD, 25552.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 January 2020

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Taxonomic note
13652:335 (Womersley (1994: 335)) entered in "author for locality; page for locality" replaced by 15101: 328 (Silva et al., 1996: 328). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 April 2025