Rhododactylis rubra (Harvey) J.Agardh 1876

Publication Details
Rhododactylis rubra (Harvey) J.Agardh 1876: 568 (in part)

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.

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Publication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]

Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Rhododactylis.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Husseya rubra (Harvey) P.C.Silva.

Basionym
Chondria rubra Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: Western Australia (probably south of Fremantle); (Silva & al. 1996: 501) Holotype: Clifton; TCD, Herb. Harvey; (Womersley 2003: 422) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Gordon-Mills & Womersley (1984: 149).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), red (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 13 February 2009

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 February 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 April 2025

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