Dictyota radicans Harvey 1855
Current name: Rugulopteryx radicans (Harvey) De Clerck & Coppejans
Publication Details
Dictyota radicans Harvey 1855: 536, no fig.
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.
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 Rugulopteryx radicans (Harvey) De Clerck & Coppejans.
Source of Synonymy
De Clerck, O., Leliaert, F., Verbruggen, H., Lane, C.E., De Paula, J.C., Payo, D.I. & Coppejans, E. (2006). A revised classification of the Dictyoteae (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) based on rbcL and 26S ribosomal DNA sequence data analyses. Journal of Phycology 42: 1271-1288, 6 figs.
Type Information
Syntype localities: Rottnest and Garden Island (184) [Western Australia]; (Harvey 1855: 536) Lectotype: Rottnest Island, designated by Womersley 1967: 210 : TCD; 69A (De Clerck 2003: 176)
Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), rooting, putting forth aerial roots (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 March 2025
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Taxonomic note
See notes for Dictyota prolifera Lamouroux. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 March 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 April 2025
