Alsidium spinulosum Harvey 1855

Publication Details
Alsidium spinulosum Harvey 1855: 538 (as 'Alsidium ? spinulosum')

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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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Alsidium is Alsidium corallinum C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Endosiphonia spinulosa (Harvey) Womersley & M.J.Parsons.

Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. (2003). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIID Ceramiales - Delesseriaceae, Sarcomeniaceae, Rhodomelaceae. pp. [1]-533, 226 figs, 2 pls. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study & State Herbarium of South Australia.

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Garden Island; (Parnell & al. 2010: 136) Lectotype: W.H.Harvey; TCD; 0015169 (Travelling Set No. 130) (Parnell & al. 2010: 136) Notes: Syntype localities: Garden I., Rottnest I. and Cape Riche, W. Aust.

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

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 April 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 April 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 January 2025

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