Dichotomaria oblongata (J.Ellis & Solander) Lamarck 1836

Publication Details
Dichotomaria oblongata (J.Ellis & Solander) Lamarck 1836: 201

Published in: Lamarck, J.-B. (1836). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Vol. 2 pp. 683 p. Paris: J.B. Baillière.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Dichotomaria is Dichotomaria marginata (J.Ellis & Solander) Lamarck.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tricleocarpa fragilis (Linnaeus) Huisman & R.A.Townsend.

Source of Synonymy
Athanasiadis, A. (2016). Phycologia Europaea Rhodophyta Vol. I. pp. [i]-xxxxviii, 1-762. Thessaloniki: Published and distributed by the author.

Basionym
Corallina oblongata J.Ellis & Solander

Type Information
Type locality: West Indies; (Huisman & Borowitzka 1990: 168) Lectotype: Ellis & Solander 1786: pl 22, fig. 4 (lectotypified by Papenfuss et al 1982): (Huisman & Borowitzka 1990: 168)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), oblong.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 31 March 2017 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 31 March 2017

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