Cystoseira pectinata Greville & C.Agardh ex Sonder 1846

Publication Details
Cystoseira pectinata Greville & C.Agardh ex Sonder 1846: 160, adnot.

Published in: Sonder, O.G. (1846). Algae L. Agardh. In: Plantae Preissianae sive enumeratio plantarum quas in Australasia occidentali et meridionali-occidentali annis 1838-1841 collegit Ludovicus Preiss. (Lehmann, C. Eds) Vol. 2, pp. 148-160. Hamburgi [Hamburg]: sumptibus Meissneri.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cystoseira is Cystoseira concatenata (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cystophora pectinata (Greville & C.Agardh ex Sonder) J.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1848). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen Primum. Algas fucoideas complectens. pp. [i-vi], [i]-viii, [1]-363. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. ad litus meridionale Novae Hollandiae" [southern Australia]; (Sonder 1846: 160) Holotype: MEL; 607 (Womersley 1987: 376)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pectinate, with narrow close-set divisions like a comb (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 24 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 July 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 July 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 January 2025

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