Thysanocladia harveyana J.Agardh 1876
Current name:
Callophycus harveyanus (J.Agardh) P.Silva
Rottnest Island, Western Australia.John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)
Publication Details
Thysanocladia harveyana J.Agardh 1876: 287
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Publication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Thysanocladia is Thysanocladia dorsifera (C.Agardh) Harvey.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Callophycus harveyanus (J.Agardh) P.Silva.
Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C. (1957). Remarks on algal nomenclature. Taxon 6: 141-145.
Type Information
Type locality: Fremantle, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 328) Lectotype: Herb. Agardh, LD; 25565 (Womersley 1994: 337) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Min-thein & Womersley (1976: 27).
Eponomy
Named for William Henry Harvey (1811-1866), Irish Botanist, collector and traveller.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 March 2020
Verification of Data
Users are responsible for verifying the accuracy of information before use, as noted on the website Content page.
Linking to this page: https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=14266
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 March 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 January 2025