Desmia kilneri J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Desmia kilneri J.Agardh 1876: 355
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.
Request PDFPublication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Portieria kilneri (J.Agardh) P.C.Silva.
Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C., Meñez, E.G. & Moe, R.L. (1987). Catalog of the benthic marine algae of the Philippines. Smithsonian Contributions to Marine Sciences 27: [i-ii] iii-iv, 1-179, 2 figs, 1 table.
Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. ad Novam Hollandiam borealem (Kilner!)" [probably Port Denison, Queensland, Australia]; (Agardh 1876: 355)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 September 2012 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 August 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 August 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 January 2025
