Sonderophycus australis (Sonder) Denizot 1968

Publication Details
Sonderophycus australis (Sonder) Denizot 1968: 260, 307, figs 224-227

Published in: Denizot, M. (1968). Les algues floridées encroutantes (à l'éxclusion des Corallinacées). pp. [1]-310, 227 figs. Paris: Laboratoire de Cryptogamie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.

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Publication date: 24 February 1968

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Sonderophycus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sonderophycus capensis (Montagne) M.J.Wynne.

Source of Synonymy
Krayesky, D.M., Norris, J.N., Gabrielson, P.W., Gabriela, D. & Fredericq, S. (2009). A new order of red algae based on the Peyssonneliaceae, with an evaluation of the ordinal classification of the Florideophyceae (Rhodophyta). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 122(3): 364-391, 7 figures, 2 tables.

Basionym
Peyssonnelia australis Sonder

Type Information
Type locality: Holdfast Bay [Gulf St. Vincent], South Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 210)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), south, southern (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 29 April 2000 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 June 2020

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Taxonomic note
Womersley (1994: 151) cites S. australis (Sonder) Denizot 1968: 260, 307, figs 224-227, excl. type as a synonym of S. coriacea. - (08 June 2009) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 June 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025

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