Zonaria kunthii C.Agardh 1821

Publication Details
Zonaria kunthii C.Agardh 1821: [iii], pl. XV [15]

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1821). Icones algarum ineditae fasciculus secundus. pp. [i-iv], pls XI-XX. Holmiae [Stockholm]: ex Officina Ecksteiniana, sumtibus auctoris.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Zonaria is Zonaria flava C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Dictyota kunthii (C.Agardh) Greville.

Source of Synonymy
De Clerck, O., Leliaert, F., Verbruggen, H., Lane, C.E., De Paula, J.C., Payo, D.I. & Coppejans, E. (2006). A revised classification of the Dictyoteae (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) based on rbcL and 26S ribosomal DNA sequence data analyses. Journal of Phycology 42: 1271-1288, 6 figs.

Type Information
Syntype localities: "In Oceano pacifico juxta portum el Callao di Lima et Guanchaco legit illustrissimus Humboldt; qui, commcndante clarissimo Kunthio, specimen delineatum dedit." [Callao and Huanchaco, Peru]; (Agardh 1821: iii)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 February 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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