Zonaria rosea C.Agardh 1824

Publication Details
Zonaria rosea C.Agardh 1824: 264

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1824). Systema algarum. pp. [i]-xxxvii, [1]-312. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianis [Berling].

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Publication date: probably September 1824

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Zonaria is Zonaria flava C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Mastophora rosea (C.Agardh) Setchell.

Source of Synonymy
Setchell, W.A. (1943). Mastophora and the Mastophoreae: genus and subfamily of Corallinaceae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 29: 127-135.

Type Information
Type locality: "Ad Guham." [Guam, Mariana Islands]; (Agardh 1824: 264) Lectotype (designated by Verheij 1994: 111): Gaudichaud; 1819; LD; 50714 (Woelkerling 1998: 392) Notes: Isotype: PC, no. 56, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), rose-coloured (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 May 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 March 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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