Asparagopsis delilei Montagne, nom. illeg. 1841
Current name:
Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan
Harvey, W.H. (1849). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic r
Publication Details
Asparagopsis delilei Montagne, nom. illeg. 1841: xiv
Published in: Montagne, C. (1841). Familia III. Phyceae. Fries. In: Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries. Tome Troisème. Duexième Partie. Phytographia canariensis. Section ultima. Plantae cellulares. DC.. (Barker-Webb, P. & Berthelot, S. Eds) Vol. 3, pp. 132-198 [Index 195-208]. Paris: Béthune, Éditeur, rue de Vaugirard, 36.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Asparagopsis.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 08 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 09 March 2020
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Nomenclatural note
According to Silva, Basson & Moe (1996: 183), Dasya delilei and Asparagopsis delilei are superfluous names and thus illegitimate as the epithet taxiformis should have been retained. - (12 May 2009) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 March 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 March 2025
