Cladophora lyallii Harvey 1855
Publication Details
Cladophora lyallii Harvey 1855: 262, pl. 121
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cladophora is Cladophora oligoclona (Kützing) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Wittrockiella lyallii (Harvey) C.Hoek, Ducker & Womersley.
Source of Synonymy
Hoek, C. van den, Ducker, S.C. & Womersley, H.B.S. (1984). Wittrockiella salina Chapman (Cladophorales, Chlorophyceae), a mat and ball forming alga. Phycologia 23: 39-46.
Type Information
Type locality: Stewart Island, New Zealand; (Hoek, Ducker & Womersley 1984: 45) Type: TCD; (Hoek, Ducker & Womersley 1984: 45) Notes: Hoek et al. (1984: 45) note that the type of this species which is preserved at Trinity College, Dublin, is labelled with the following annotations in Harvey's handwriting: 'South Island, New Zealand. Cladophora lyallii n. sp.' and 'Nov.Zel.D. Lyall Cladophora lyallii' (the 'South Island' of Harvey is now Stewart I.). According to Boedeker et al. (2010: 530), D. Lyall collected the type and there are isolectotypes in BM.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 10 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 December 2010
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Unspecified note
According to Hoek et al. (1984: 45) this species does not belong to Cladophoropsis, as proposed by Chapman (1956: 471). - (07 December 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 December 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2025
