Halophila stipulacea (Forsskål) Ascherson 1867

Publication Details
Halophila stipulacea (Forsskål) Ascherson 1867: 3

Published in: Rose, G. (1868). Sitzungs-Bericht der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin am 15. Januar 1867. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1867: 1-4.

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Publication date: 1868

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Halophila is Halophila madagascarensis Steudel ex Doty & B.C.Stone.

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

Basionym
Zostera stipulacea Forsskål

Type Information
Type locality: Massaua [Eritrea]; (Ferrer-Gallego & Boisset 2015: 1035) Neotype: G. Schweinfurth no. 8; G; barcode G00408029 (Ferrer-Gallego & Boisset 2015: 1035) Notes: Isoneotype: P barcode P02089202.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Rhizome 0.5-2 mm wide. Leaf blades 3-6 cm long, 2.5-8 mm wide; margin serrulate; apex obtuse; base cuneate or gradually decurrent-petiolate; cross veins ascending at 45-60 degrees. Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm long, sheathing lopsidedly at base. Dioecious

Created: 03 December 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 April 2023

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Distributional note
Warm waters of the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea (Lipkin & Silva 2002). This species migrated about 130 years ago into the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal, where it presently occurs mostly in the eastern basin (see Lipkin 1975a, b), although there have since been reports from Sicily, mainland Italy and Tunisia. - (25 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
Marine euryhaline seagrass with a wide ecological range and tropical to subtropical affinity (Sghaier et al. 2011, citing Lipkin et al. 1975a). - (31 January 2012) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 March 2025

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