Durvillaea potatorum (Labillardière) J.E.Areschoug 1854

Current name: Durvillaea potatorum (Labillardière) J.E.Areschoug
Durvillaea potatorum, Wineglass Bay, Tasmania - 04 November 2009. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Durvillaea potatorum (Labillardière) J.E.Areschoug 1854: 343

Published in: Areschoug, J.E. (1854). Phyceae novae et minus cognitae in maribus extraeuropaeis collectae. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, series 3 1: 329-372.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Durvillaea is Durvillaea utilis Bory.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Fucus potatorum Labillardière

Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat ad capitis Van-Diemen littora." [Tasmania]; (Labillardière 1807: 112) Type: FI; (Womersley 1987: 339)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 02 April 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 19 April 2023

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Usage note
In Australia, Durvillaea potatorum is distributed from Robe in South Australia to Bermagui in New South Wales. On the west coast of King Island cast plants are harvested for processing and supply to Kelco Alginates, Girvan,Scotland. Plants can grow up to 6 m in length and can reach 200 kg in weight (although not typical). Average annual harvest is 20 - 25,000 tonnes wet weight. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 April 2025