Cladostephus australis C.Agardh 1824
Current name:
Vertebrata australis (C.Agardh) Kuntze
Cape Peron, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Cladostephus australis C.Agardh 1824: 169
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1824). Systema algarum. pp. [i]-xxxvii, [1]-312. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianis [Berling].
Publication date: probably September 1824
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cladostephus is Cladostephus spongiosus (Hudson) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Vertebrata australis (C.Agardh) Kuntze.
Source of Synonymy
Díaz-Tapia, P., McIvor, L., Freshwater, D.W., Verbruggen, H., Wynne, M.J. & Maggs, C.A. (2017). The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology 52(1): 1-20, 77 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad Novam Hollandiam" (one of three possible localities in Western Australia: Geographe Bay, Cape Leeuwin, or King George Sound; (Silva & al. 1996: 477) Type: Mus. Paris; (Parsons 1980: 278) Notes: Lectotype: (Parsons) PC. Isolectotype: Herb. Agardh, LD, 41993.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), south, southern (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 December 2019
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 December 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 January 2025