Dictyota obtusangula Kützing 1859
Publication Details
Dictyota obtusangula Kützing 1859: 13, pl. 28: fig. II
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1859). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. IX [9] pp. i-vii, 1-42, 100 pls. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne).
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dictyota is Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pseudochnoospora implexa (J.Agardh) Santiañez, G.Y.Cho & Kogame.
Source of Synonymy
Santiañez, W.J.E., Macaya, E.C., Lee, K.M., Cho, G.Y., Boo, S.M. & Kogame, K. (2018). Taxonomic reassessment of the Indo-Pacific Scytosiphonaceae (Phaeophyceae): Hydroclathrus rapanuii sp. nov. and Chnoospora minima from Easter Island, with proposal of Dactylosiphon gen. nov. and Pseudochnoospora gen. nov. Botanica Marina 61(1): 47-64.
Type Information
Type locality: "Lifuka, Friendly Island" [Tonga]; (Kützing 1859: 13) Type: Harvey; herb. Sonder; (INA 1996) Notes: De Clerck (2003) notes that according to Silva et al. (1996: 625), D. obtusangula was based on a specimen distributed by Harvey, without a description, in his Friendly Island exsiccata (1857c: No. 59) under the name Chnoospora obtusangula.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 02 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 April 2018
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 April 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024
